The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-28
try TRY TRY AGAIN
Street and Water Board
Working the Old Song on
the Water Problem.
NEW SPECIFICATIONS TO-DAY
Bids to Be Invited for August
"a, If Mayor and Finan-
eiers Agree.
GRAVITY AND FILTER PLANS
The Specifications Very Like the
Last Series-City's Safe
guards.
GRAVITY AND FILTER PLANS

Suaiuos
The Street and Water Commissioners,
by a unanimous vote at their meeting
today, adopted specifications under which
it is proposed to advertise for bids for
a permanent supply of water. Four plans
are created under the specifications,
three of which are for a gravity supply
and one for filtered supply, the water
to be drawn from the Passaic River
The gravity supply specifications do
not materially differ from those under
which bids were invited a short time ago.
Sweeping alterations have been made
in the filtered supply specifications and
changes which the Commissioners be-
lieve will permit everyone to submit a
proposal and thus do away with the
criticism to which they were subjected
on the occasion of the last adoption of
such specifications.
The Commissioners were closeted for
nearly two hours discussing the advis-
ability of readvertising for bids and it
was not until the last minute that the
Democratic members of the Board, Com
missioners Heintze and Boltwood, con-
sented to vote with their colleagues for
the adoption of the specifications. Bids
are to be received on August "a at ten
o'clock in the morning.
Plan A of the gravity supply requires
the delivery of water at the High Ser
vice reservoirs at a head of 127 feet
above mean high tide. 1t also provides
that in the event of the main delivery
lines passing within 1000 feet of the
Believille reservoirs connection shall be
made with these reservoirs in order to
deliver at that point such water as may
be required.
Plan B calls for the delivery of water
at High Service at a head of 21o feet.
with the same provision relative to the de-
livery of water into the Bellevile reser-
yoirs.
Plan G requires the delivery of at least
-oae=third Of The required supply delivered
by gravity into the High Service reser-
voirs. and the remainder at a head of
at least 127 feet
All three of these plans are surrounded
with the same safeguards. The contract,
if one be made. under any of them is TO
run for twenty-five years. the city agree
ing TO take a supply of at least 20 million
gallons daily. The supply is to be for
tbs city, to the exclusion of all other
consumers. Bidders are required to
state the price per million gallons from 20
millions day up to 50 millions day on
the basis of 20 to 3O 80 to 40 and 40 to
50 million gallons daily
On the basis of taking 20 millions a
Gay the csty is to add three per cent a
year increase in the quantity of consump-
ton This is done only that the bids of
on like basis. The contractors are to
pay for the measuring of the water and all
payments are to be made quarterly by
the city
The company receiving the contract
must agree to construct at once reser-
voirs and storage basins capable of CIV
ing the city supply equivalent to thirty
five million gallons day ait all times.
The city reserves the right to direct the
company at any time to increase its plant
storage reservoirs and pipe lines so that
1t VIII be able to deliver fifty million GAL
IONS day. The work of enlarging the
plant must be finished within two years
after notice is served by the city.
When the company has so increased
its plant the city then binds itself to take
at least thirty million gallons a day. The
contracting company must acquire for
IFS pipe lines right of way of at least
forty feet, the city extending its present
powers and any power it may hereafter
acquire for the purpose of condemnation
NO source of supply will be accepted
which is polluted by artificial means or
otherwise. If slight pollution exists the
company must file with the city detailed
plans of how it proposes doing away with
such pollution, so as to keep the water
in the hereafter from becoming cortami-
mated Three years are allowed for the
completion Of the work The company
railing to complete its plant in that time
Is bound to pay the city $500 a day.
Each bidder must accompany his nro
posal with certified check for s1o6 ono
drawn on any of the local banks The
company must, after being awarded
contract, file with the city as an evt-
derrce Of good faith a bond Of $500 aoo
The company must also set a price AFT
which the city may buy its plant within
five, ten or fifteen years The price of
the plant capable Of delivering IS million
gallons day must be given in bid. also
me plant which will furnish 80 million
gallons a day. sFhe city, before buying
the plant however, must give rne com
pahy at least one years notice OF its in
tention
In the case of the filtered water n
must be taken from the present source
Of supply and be delivered into the Ber-
gen reservoirs at head OF III feet above
mean high tide. Arrangements must also
be made 50 that water may be delivered
inso the Bellevile reservoirs In such guam
utles as are deemed necessary
Like the other plans contract for 25
years VIII be entered into and the city
agrees TO take al least 20 million gallons
Day At this point in the specifications
they differ from the old ones. The