The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-20
CITY 4DTERTTsEWENT


srs VIII receive proposals tor a supply Of
water based On this specification. at the Office
g tee Soard corner 81 Mercer street. faaa
ths tMenty-fsnrth day Of August, 1886. az ten
HOW DELIVERED.
The water must be deitvered into Bergen
reservoirs. at 81 elevation Of 19 feet above,
mean high tide and the contractor may make
out ii thar event be- shail maintain said res
sfNoir n good condition and be responstple
said during he term Of contract p~rosiasd.
however that such use shah not interfere with
and that IN the event Of failure on the part
q tne contractor to faithfully perform MS
any time ~ sssu Sne e spe use and nj Sosses ssi of
saia reservoir IN connection with its present
PRICE PER MILLION GALLONS
II a contract is entered into It VIII run
FER twenty-five years from the date eE con-
tract and the city Will agree to take al least
whole supply Of water from the CONTRACTORS dur
tES he term OF the CONTRACT Bidders n1as<
Of 20 million gallons daily. a price per mill
Ion gallons for all IN excess II 20 million s@t-
price per million gallons for All N excess
Of ID million gallons daily up TO 40 million
fsr 1iS al aai sxc ena o 4 Pc g lni Pse na gallons daily
p % 50 million gallons daily. delivered AZ
Bergen reservoirs as aforesaid.
Prices viii be computed and payments MADE On
the average daily supply for each quarter.
IN iniisal consumption q p million salons rsas
Of three per cent. Will be assumed for the
purpose Of comparing the prices Of the sew
CONTRACTOR TO MEASURE WATER
The contractor shall measure the water de-
hvered % the city az his own expense, gnaer
the supervision Of the representatives OF TIE
city, who shall have free access to the meters
At all reasonable times In case of a dispute
pay the same amount paid in the correspond
ln% quarter Of the previous year. ana the
by the contractor. and a taiFd to be selected
BY the two 50 chosen, the decision OF a major
fty Of the three to be final. II the amoG1J 50
determined TO be due shall be greater than
that already paid. the. city viii pay me sx-
shall be deducted from any subsequent quar-
terly payment. Tbs water shall be measured
upon the city's property, east Of the Passale
senni-annGally. II desired, the capacity Of the
works, the cost Of which test shall be borne
PAYMENT.
the contractor. at such depositories as the
as are agreed upon in the contract.
PLANT MUST B 2 JERSEY =
The pumping plant, filters and other works
necessary 10 filter. purify and deliver said
water must be so located and constructed that
they can be used exclusively for the supply
Of Jersey. City, and the contractor shall agree
to furnish no water from said plant to any
consumer of Jersey City water.
The bidder shall fully describe the method
By which he proposes 10 purify the water
and shalt submit general plans and drawings
nitering plant shall be Of a capacity to Hitter
and purify thirty-fve million gallons Of water
6aiiy at AN times. The detailed plans and
working drawings Of the filters and all applr
ances connected therewith and necessary Iqr
River and from said filters to the pump
house shall be fled with the city's engineer
ha4orn 00ortrrc<fa, rFcC shall he haRI17
PUMPING PLANT.
The pumping plant by wnlcn the filtered
water shall be raised to Bellevi1le reservoir
ave million gallons daily where one pump
and one boiler of equal capacity with anyone
Of the others are in reserve and not in use.
# sneII he entirely indeperdent Of me present
pumping plant. and shall be capable OF pump
Ing against a head Of not less than 1fo pounds
to the square inch. The pumps must be triple
expansion high duty condensing engines of ap-
proved modern construction and good work
nqansAip. No single pump shall have a capae-
Ety exceeding twelve ard one-half million gal
Ions daily. The bidder must specify in his
and length Of stroke. and must describe the
location and submit general plans Of The
proved type. ard shall be capable OF sus-
tanning a working pressure ten pounds Ia
engines. Plans and working drawings OF the
whole plant must be fled with the citys
engineer before construction thereof shall be
begun.
The water shall - delivered from the pump
oona1i5s provided by the contractor, which
shall be capable Of delivering thirty-hve mill
lon gallons daily when all The reservoirs are
able material and Workmanship and Sufficient
strength 10 resist safely ali prsssures 10 wafrh
thev may be subjected with a proper factor
Of safety for the material used in accordance
with the best engineering practice The char
acfer Or the proposei pipes or conduits shall
be clearly and fully described in the bid and
shown IN plans submitted herewith. Work
@-r dr- ~ n fhA. u-1a shall H. GlA4 ~ifk
the Guys engineer appointed 70 supervise the
construction Of the plant before construction
thereof shah be begun.
INCREASE TO FIFTY MILLION GALLONS
DAIEY-N
Whenever during the term of contract the
city shall notify the contractor TO increase the
capacity OF his water works to fifty million
gallons daily, then the contractor shall I'M
medlaIely proceed to increase the capacity Of
necessary to furnish a total supply Of fifty
million gallons Of water daily. and after the
conduits are so Increased there shall be either
two or three pipes Of equal capacity. and the
pumping plant shall likewise be enlarged so
gallons daily when one pumping. engine q
equal CAPACITY with any OF the others in the
any Of the others in the plant are in reserve
and not in Use All such additional work
shall be completed within two years after ser
vice OF the notice aforesaid, and after they
are so completed on demand of the city, the
city agrees to take and pay for at least thirty
RIGHT on Way.
The right of way for eonduits shall be at
least forty feet in width, and the eonduits
shah be constructed on one and the same
tside thereof throughout, and so as not to
leecupy more OF the same than is necessary.
Where the city furnishes right of way the
conduits must be laid on that part thereof
designated by the city's engineer.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN
The city will agree to exert and exercise
such powers or rights in the matter Of CON
deranatIon. or otherwise, as 1t now has, or
may hereafter acquire. and which may be
advantageously used or exercised for the puf-
poses Of the contract IN order to enable the
use or acquisition of such water and water
rights. and lands or other property. for the
right of way. storage reservoirs and other
works, or plant, as may be necessary to the
proper and convenient construction and main
tenauce Of said system OF water works to sun
ply Jersey City as, aforesaid, said rights Of
condemnation to be exercised in the name OF
the city. but at the cost and expense or the
contractor, and the contractor shall pay and
held the city harmless Of and from all cost
BY reason Of the taking and acquiring for
the purpose Of the proposed contract Of all
lands, water, water rights and other Prop
erty- The city viii also agree to exercise. on
demand Of the contractor. all Its legal power
to prevent pollution of waters tributary to the
proposed works. but all expenses attendant
upon the prevention Of such pollution shall
be borne by the contractor.
The city will. so far as II has legal power.
permit the contractor to use such lands water
as may be necessary for the purpose of byii5d-
ing ana maintaining the proposed filters and
pumping plant and laying the proposed eoa-
duft from Passaio River to the reservoirs at
Bergen
STANDARD or PURITY.
The contractor must agree that the water
TO be furnished shall at ali times be main
tained at a standard OF purity to be furn3shed