The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-18

bonds.with, say, $4,000 per year operating
@ per day refaIs II viii e. seen gsr fat ysaE he
! city's consumption of say 20 million gall
Ions Ions per day, as estimated for the year
dSsS. !, az ~ $4o per million, would produce
Now if the city is to be in position
/ Where by merely making an examination
OF the water shed, it can declare the
| quality of the water to be in .sdispute,v
and so be allowed to- cut the revenues
| down one-half leaving the rest in liti-
| cation, the bonds would soon be in de-
fault Bonds based on such precarious
and the contractor would be unable to
perform his undertaking. Moreover, the
| PROPOSE tiGn Is vicious. 1t enables the city
to take advantage of it's own wrong at
any time by merely declaring that the
/ quality of water is tsdisputed.r The re-
| ellrement Is also Impossible of fulfill
ment- No contractor can honestly guar
| antee that in vast area of from sixty
/ TO one hundred square. miles of mountain
and farm land, decaying vegetable matter
| shall not fer twenty-five years mingle
| with the water. 1t is certain that it will
Ine requirement that no artificial impuri-
| ties OF any kind shall mingle with the
water could never be fulfilled unless the
/ contractor owned the entire water shed
THESE requirements are unusual and nov
! 81; they throw police duty on the con-
| tractor, who has no police power
/ That the source of supply offered shall
| be naturally pure and satisfactory to the
| city is proper and that watchfulness
snail be constantly exercised, both by the
1 city and the contractor, and offenders
| who pollute the stream be prosecuted, is
| also. proper and all-sufficient
The contractor should agree to Coop
crate with the city in every reasonable
manner to prevent pollution. But it must
| be understood that its successful preven-
| ton depends on the action of the city,
and other public authorities; a contract
| ing corporation has no legal standing or
| power in the premises.
Third-We feel unwilling to contract
to give an option to buy our works. which
VIII remain open so long as twenty-five
| years. NO trustworthy calculation can be
made OF conditions which will exist after
| so long a time. The bonds issued on the
security of the plant would have to be
made subject to a continuing option to
redeem, which would greatly lessen their
! desirabllity and add to the difficulty of
| hoat1ns them. All this would hamper the
contractor, add to the cost of the works,
and result ultimately in greater cost for
| the city.
We suggest a fixed time within which
| the option shall be exercised, say at any
time within five years from the compile
| ton OF the plant; the transfer to be made
| at the end of the fifth year. This would
| give the city ample time to prove the
WORKS, and to consider and exercise the
| option and would also enable the contrac-
fds for 70 bI arrange definitely q for the needed
| Fourth-The requirement that the con-
! tractor, shall agree to furnish no water
Jersey C,itv Womb rar,,re fsis o51 eMcepe y,
| to make q consideraf5lS higher n,ica 01g for
the water As is well known this com
could as well as mot he s,,nni9eS h1 9b Wy, tlo
| of the extra CARRYING csnscjfv Wbinb AZ
pipes built for Jersey CIty's use will af-
right 10 the o ater ar5S nv, - asT tAs lrst
wbv Jersey CIV sho,'id not ~ 4} letson s;C
it pays have the, benefit Of this. until It
Capacity for its own 1lse IF fbis n,o,,sa ,uil
is to stand. # wond eornnel ne li p b,,d
an add;finnal ana unneaassa,u ~ - nuito rato
main fo sunni1 ttasa otbs, "a, = M ts
and provife a sena raf TO sos1roa IF o-,1r go
ply. The mod fication of this elsTsa
might save Jersey civ MANY tbonsa,IS1s s,7s,
of dollars vearlv for n1anv vaars 's'iiqo ~
come. while casting fharn f1othins -
| F'ifth-The requirement that there SHAH
be 4 clear na 20 at 60 fast In ytb 5ro,,,5
All reservoirs i,7'g,rs
use Lake Hopafcone and ISraenuood
Lake, the two largest and best natural
storage reservoirs in f,a esta+aT aTard a. ,t,, ~ a. o..
lakes for reservnirs wh;oh voc,sid oGbar
wise afford econornicaI and dasirsi9ie
storage.
shall be cononieted within tNvo wears
should, we think. be changed to three
years TT is Well lxn oxun 70 5,a i,,S,,o ssi1S1s
10 fiIiy cnnsfr1ic+ Hbe ,oys @ KIN 4rge
years; and ITO fix thar tdnna eonnreIs tha
contractor for his own protection to add
to his hid fhe amos,,3t df trna nanelfies Iss.
nrescri,e for eaV u tne penalties
Seventh-The forms off ,the ronds ana
contract are left to the Co,norafion Conn
sell after ,accentance of the hi1 These
forms are of siIcfr vital inferast in af We
think they Should he 1,rescrihe1 hefora
hand that being tfne method sancfioned
by long usage: or else they should he left
to be drawn by the s.o-ordinate action
of counsel of both parties. We resnact
fully submit that the short time given
US in which to present bids is inadeGllate
to enable MS fo estimate inte1ligaT IN ,,n
on the selling nrice of n1,r 1SoriSs We
might with Sufficient aunrnxirn atiar, AZ
rive at fair qlrice fo1. water If 1aft IL
choose the works which we co,,Id s1,bss1 a.
uuently decide Ito be t1e most eeonornina1
But the speciffca tions reo11ire 19S 70 49,,
prescribe the exact inca fian of 1seser,,oiH
dams and ripe fines with their h5Sdra,,lic +,
gradients These q 70 gnatters = 1hsI u, @ oaic
ONLY he nronerv estabiisbetI ftas lniSr aa Sesii
sive ana nrplnngsd eyg,oretio,, an .ea 5 l
nes IN tb q tad A,, XII ~ ana Dor
so hastiIv ,a,sf or tb aa ,t rliea mage az
contractor eor,ta n, s'AS e ~ ene
sefetv ona r,,,st ~ q q I'd lel g se liaisl n TOT
ad s iIusS II, any event involve an
If for any reason IN HE He pa1,n,
tract shall not be given out at tbjs fine.
Board to give consideration to the oslorsse suese
tions above, not only in the interest of
of qnoIev f. ne cfv Da tiie inahilest saving
NeiYhey tha city nor +1,a III 49,.
deceive themselves in This rna -, sii3uia NY
works proposed cannot he nrat,Ss5ad al ne
cept at a very great cost. We arc f,,11y
convinced that no safe bid can he nads
under the existing specifications by a re-
sponsible contractor, who means to f,1j-
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