The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-14
CRY ADUER1vSEMENT

wafer based on this specification. 1T lie 5iace
Jersey avenue. jersey GitT gea Iefsev. On
the t.yenty-fourth day % August, 1886. at ten
HOW pEsLTvEExs
The water nsast be- delivered into Bergen
reservoirs At an elevation Of TT feet above
mean high tide. and the contractor may make
tiee or Believille reservoir for suehns delivery
but il that event he shan maintain said res
erTois n good condition and be responsible
said during tie term Of contract: provided
nqYever. that<sach use shall not interiors with
and that III the event Of failure on The part
Of the contractor to faithfully perform hts
duties under the CONTRACT rhe city may at
any time resume the use and possession Of
water works.
PRICE MILLION GALLONS.
II q contract IS entered into it Will run
for Twenty-Five years from the date Ok COM
tract, ana ssie city viii agree 10 take al least
y million gallons per day, and to take its
whole supply Of water from the contractor DUR
STATE a price per million gallons for 4 saaply
sof ~ million gallons dally. i price PEI mill
ion gallons for all IN excess Of % million gal
l 1r'so daily Up to g million gaal9ns DAY. {
Of 50 million gallons daily up TO 40 million
gaiiens dally ans q price per million gahyps
Up 70 50 million gallons daily, delivered az
Bergen reservoirs as aforesaid.
Prices wifi be computed and payments made on
the average daily supply for each quarter,
An initial m of y million gallons
%1ttJr VII III i7ftNH it-SAt@cE ~
Of three per cent. sin be assumed fcr the
purpose 81 comparing the prices Of tbs sew
eIai bids.
coNTRAcroR410 MEASURE WATER.
The contractor shall measure the water de-
iivered 10 the aty At his own expense. under
ne superytsion of tnea sf9Feseptetisss Of ne
At an reasonable times. IN case. ~ q disppte
as 10 the aRcunt &<tlyerse.- tne city shaA
Ing quarter x Inc pfevsotss year. and the
6lspal<d saaoUnt snail be setied b arbisratsoh.
b The cantraet1r. and ! third s b siscted
b. tha two ~ chosen the drc.skp q 2 1aASer-
ssssninsd ro be dus sSa1 r. greaset then
tsat already rasA tbs city VIII pay sas sx-
shei b dsdectea from any Subsequent quar-
tsTfF nayfnenG The Hatef shall - measured
Heen H. eiry.s psoperty e@st q ta. F<s.sS
asni-annIaiiy. Il desired TIE capacity q the
works the cost Of which test shall be borne
PAYMENT.
The city win pay quarterly ne sum ase
the contractor, A. such repositories az the
as are agreed upon 10 the contract.
PLANT MusT BE FOR JERSEY CITY
The pumping plant. nlters and other works
water iaust be 50 located and constructed that
they can be used exclusively f9r the supply
10 furnish no water from said plant to any
eonsnmer OF Jersey Citg wsssr
RIAAE
The bidder shan fully describe the methed
by. which he proposes to purify the water
and shall submit general plans and drawings
Of all appliances connected herewith Said
hltering plant shall be Of a capacity to Alter
and purify thirty-Ave million gallons Of water
working drawings Of the filters and all appii-
ancss connected Herewith and necessary for
River and from said Alters to the pump
house shall be fled with the citys engineer
before construction thereof shail be begun
PUMPING PLANT.
The pumping plant BY wnlcn the filtered
water shall be raised to Bellevflfe reservoir
shall have 9 capacity 70 deliver at least thirty
five million gallons daily where one pump
and one boiler of equal capacity with anyone
Of the others are in reserve and not IN use.
1t shall be entirely independent Of the present
ing against a head Of not less than 149 peun1s
ia the square inch. The pumps must be triple
exnsnsion blrh dltv c0ndensinr engines az an
proved modern construction and good work-
manship. No single pump shall 5ays a eapas-
Ions daily. The bidder must specify In his
bid the duty Of the pumps. the piston speed
PUMPING r1GnisRn station "a The SSoiIsrs shaf be q sp-
tainfng a working pressure ten pounds IN
excess OF the initial steam pressure on the
whole plant must be fled with he cfty's
engineer before construction thereof snail Dc
begun.
CONDUTTs.
The water shall be delivered from the pump
ing plant TO Bergen reservoir BY a conduit q
ssnaul E d pT9y,asa y y Sel, tas son iS.serosve nsi.
ion gallons daily when all the reservoirs are
fui1 They shall be q approsed dssisn sult.
Strength 10 resist safely All preasnrss Co which
they rnay b subjected With a proper faetnr
OF safety tor The material used u accordance
wifi the best engineering practice The char
acter Of the proposed pipes or c91auits shall
shown IN plans submitted herewith Work
ing drawings Of the same shall be Med with
construction CT the plant before constructions
thereof shall be began
INCREASE TO FIFTY MILLION GALLONS
DAILY
Whenever during the term Of contract the
city shah notify the contrsctor TO Increase the
capacity OF his water works to fifty million
nsediately proceed to increase the capacity 9f
the alters and c9nduits 50 mitch as may bs
necessary e furnish q Total supply Of nifty
million gallons Of water daily. and after the
conduits are 50 Increased there shall be either
two or three pipes Of equal capacity. and the
pun ping plant shall likewise pc enlarged 50
as 10 have q capacity to deliver fifty million
gallons daily when ore pumping engine OF.
equal ~capaeity with any of the others IN the
any Of the others in the plant are in reserve
saall Be completed within two years after ser-
vice Of the notice aforesaid. and after they
are SO completed on demand Of the city. the
e a;IIis agre ss, e sas S a Wsts pay 55 re at least thirty
RIGHT OF Way.
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least forty feet ia width and the conduits
shall be constructed on ere and the same
side thereof throughout and so as not to
eccHpx more Of the same than IS necessary
Where the city furnishes right Of way the
eonauits must be laid on that part thereof
designated by the cify's engineer.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN
The city Will agree 10 exert and exercise
such powers or rights in the matter OF con
domination, or otherwise as II now has. or
may hereafter acquire, ana which may be
adyantazeoHsly used or exercised for the pur-
poses Of the contract in order TO enable tae
use or acquisition Of such water and water
rights. and lands or ether property, Tor The
works, or plant, as may be necessary to the
proper and convenient construction and main
tenance of said system of water works TO sup
ply Jersey City as aforesaid. said rights Of
the city, huz at the cost and expense of the
contractor, and the contractor shall pay and
hold the city harmless OF and from all cost,
expenses claims and demands Of all persons
the purpose of the proposed contract Of all
lands. water, water rights and other prep
erty. The city will aIs1. agree to exercise. on
demand OF the Contractor all It's legal power
proposed works bat all expenses attendant
be hnrne by the contractor.
The city vii, 50 far as II has legal power
and water rights as It may own or control
as may be necessary for the purpose of buiit-
ing and n1aintaining the proposed ftsers ana
pumping plant Sndkh~ ma proposed eoa-
dnit from Paasais River the reservoirs a;
Bergen.
STANDARD or PURITY
The contractor nHnSt aEree that the water
TO be furnished seaN At al times be rszsn-
tanned at a standard OK purity to Be farnfzrra
nv him ard Witch must acerrnrarv ~ hisf
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