The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-14
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Proposals for NewWater Supply
for Jersey City. N. ].


Th Mayor ana Aldermen Of Jersey
CITY. bv the Board of Street ana Natef
Commissioners, Will receive proposals tor
a supply OF pure and whoiesome waaSl
Ing room Of the Board. at the City Hall.
Jersey City. New Jersey. on the tSth Gay
Of August. 1888, at 10 O'Clock a. NJ
Bidders must submit proposals uhder
the following plan
PLAN.
70 water must be delivered pby
crafty at Bergen Reservoirs. IN
storage and intake reservoirs of sufficient
capacity and so located as TO be capanIc
Of collecting and delivering fifty e9V) nut
ion gallons daily at all times, and a slnsls
conduit having. a capacity % ust u e
seventy T0} million gallons daily II o.
masonry. or in tunnel,, or nfty e9v) nlll.ioF
gallons daily If of steel pipe; 9eilveis -
said cnaduit to be at Bergen Reservoirs
with d pressure equivalent to an eieNd-
tion of 2I0 feet above mean mgr. lluea
All gatehouses at intakes and points oe
delivery, and all points Of connection o.
steel with masonry condnits shall pc pro,
yided with connections for a seconu st?Sl
pipe of thirty 600 million gallons daily
canacity. The lands. reservoir sites. water
rights and necessary TO enaDie
the city to divert and use seventy wv
million gallons daily must be acquired
Whenever during the term OF contracl,
but prior to the exercise Of the Cltys
option to purchase, the CITY snau notily
the contractor to increase the capacity
~ his water works. then the contractor
shall Immediately proceed 10 construct
such additional storage and intake reser,
voirs as may be necessary, SO Iocatea anu
of such capacity as to be capaDle. %
gether with those previously c~onstructed,
Of collecting and delivering seventy ,8t,ol
million gallons daily at all times, ana ne
shall likewise proceed to construct a sec
ond steel pipe where such pipe may. pc
necessary TO enable him to deliver thirty
go, million gallons daily additional lnto
bergen Reservoirs at an elevation OF ~
feet above mean high tide. shall SO
perfect and complete. his water WORKS u
all details as to make them capapiS ~ -
collecting and delivering to the CITY
seventy (O million gallons, daily az an
times. Such additional works shall be
completed within two years after 5he ser
vice of the aforesaid notice. and when
so completed, on demand of the CITY, the
City Will agree to take and pay. Tor az
least fifty 600 million gallons Of water
daily. But the contractor shall in no case
be compelled to complete these additional
works earlier than the first works are
to be completed hereunder:
within one thousand feet of Bellevue
Reservoir, connections must be PROVIDED
Herewith. and the City may require de-
livery of a part Of the supply into said
reservoir.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The City reserves the right to reject
any or all bids made by virtue of this
specification.
time fixed by the advertisement.
Proposals must be made on blank forms,
to he obtained at the Office of the Clerk
of tlee Beard of Street and water COM
missiouers. and anust be delivered in open
meeting, and when called for, to that Of
fcer. IL a sealed envelope. to be endorses
sPrcrcsals for New Water Supply for
prices must be stated in figures and
writing.
any proposal under this specification
which does not comply with an OF rs
~ will ha deemed informal and
rejected
B.dders must submit and annex as a
requisite to their proposal such descflp-
tons, pans and drawings as may. pc
necessary to make clear the essential fea-
lures of the works proposed to be built,
and must show the location, area. depth
and capacity of all reservoirs the locaIon
OF intakes. the route. profile ana n.y.
draui:c gradient of condults. with all Nee
esssry data for determining their carry
ing capacity, and the location, area ana
extent of the gathering grounds.
= II case future exploration and borings
Eehall demonstrate that the sub-son o.
any of the storage reservoirs oi1ered rs
unfit for the construction OF sale an
practicable dams, the contractor will be
allowed to furnish other reservoirs 2I
equal value and efficiency, and acceptable
II the Ell gineer.
CERTIFIED ~ AeSoM-
AS an evidence of good faith, each bid
der will deposit one hundred thousana
Jersey CITY. or the New Jersey Title
Guarantee and Trust Company. and at
tach to his proposal a certified eheque tor
the amount. payable to the order OF the
Treasurer of Jersey City. On award OF
the contract. such cheque VIII pc return5
ed TO unsuccessful bidders, ana relurnea
delivery of the contract; put VIII pc
forfeited by the successful bidder. TO the
1lse Of the City. in case the contract
is not signed within ten days after it is
ready for execution ON part OF salu con-
tractor. Said cheque shall be In lieu OF
ANY bidder may, on one certified cheque,
nuke one or more bids upon the
Plan hereby presented by the City, and
said cheque shall stand as security Tor
sasa ~ BONDS.
The contractor must furnish a bond of
five hundred thousand dollars, the secur-
fly to be subject to approval according
to law, for the performance of the con.
tract up to the date, of acceptance OF
and upon the delivery to the City of the
bond hereinafter provided for. this bond
is to be cancelled. Upon the acceptance
of water under this contract. the contrac-
tor must furnish a new bond for i've
hundred thousand dollars for the faithful
performance of the contract throughout
its period, which bond is to be in force
so long as the City shall purchase water
of the contractor by the million gallons,
but will be cancelled on completion of a
purchase of the plant by the City.
FORM OF BOND.
The form of all bonds mentioned in this
specification shall be approved by the
DRAWING OF CONTRACT.
The contract to carry into effect this
CORPORATION Attorney. with the approval
of the Corporation Counsel.
TERM OF CONTRACT.
If a contract is entered into it will run
for twenty-five years from the date OF
contract. unless sooner terminated by a
purchase of the, water works by the CITY
as herein provided for.