The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-02
SPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUPPLY OF FIJI
TERED WATER FOR JERSEY
CITY.

The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners,
VIII receive proposals for a supply of filtered
water based on this specification, at the office
of the Board, at the City Hall, Jersey City,
New Jersey, on the day
of 1888, at ten O'Clock A. NJ.
HOW DELIVERED.
The water must be delivered into the pres
ent pumping intake of the Jersey City Water
Works. opposite Belleville, so that it will flow
to the present pump wells. AT the screen
house, in the intake, a bulkhead provided with
a gate or gates shall be erected so as to cut
off and entirely exclude from the pump wells
any unfiltered Passaic River water. Such gate
or gates shall be of such dimensions as not to
reduce the capacity of the present intake for
passing water to the pump wells, and when
erected they shall Immediately become the
property of the City and shall be under the ex-
elusive control of the City. The contractor,
however. must maintain such gate or gates and
bulkhead in perfect order and condition.
CAPACITY OFSWORKS.
The capacity OF the altering plant when first
constructed shall be 40 million gallons daily,
and it shall be increased from time to time so
as to be at all times 29 per cent. in excess of
tne gre e1 fSa N Psf n Tba ay nImnin consumption n,ant ton of of
operated by the City as near as possible at the
average rate of consumption for any given
that rate must be allowedfor by the contractor
and the water must be delivered as needed
by the City within these limits.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The City reservesAthe right to reject any or
all bids made by, virtue Of this specification.
Proposals will not be received after the time
fixed by the advertisement.
Proposals must be made on blank forms to
be obtained at the office of the Chief Engineer.
and must be delivered in open meeting. and
when called for, to the Clerk of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners, in a sealed
envelope, to be endorsed Proposals for Filtered
Water for Jersey City, N. j.
Prices must be stated in figures and writing.
Any proposal under this specification which
does not comply with all its requirements viii
be deemed informal and rejected.
Bidders must submit and annex as a requisite
rawlings as may be necessary to make clear
the essential features of the works proposed to
be built, and must fully describe theNmethod
by which they propose to purify the waAr.
I'll CHEQUE TO ACCOMPANY RID.
AS an evidence of good faith each bidder viii
derosit one hundred thousand dollars in one Of
the National Banks of Jersey City, or the New
Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company,
and attach to his proposal a certified cheoue
for the amount, payable to the order of the
Treasurer Of Jersey City, On award Of the
successful bidders, and returned to the sue
cessful bidder on signing and delivery of the
contract, a,d but win y III be ,,s forfeited # ted BY the sue
the contract is not signed within ten days af-
ter it is ready for execution on part of said con-
tractor. Said cheque shall be in lieu of free
holder security.
The contractor must furnish a bond of five
hundred thousand dollars, the security to be
subject to approval according to law, for the
performance OF the contract up to the date of
acceptance of water supply Hereunder. at
which time and upon the delivery to the City
of the bond hereinafter provided for, this bond
is to be CdlCflltu. pom LIE dtStDIdnCe OF wa
ter under this contract. the contractor must
furnish a new bond for five hundred thousand
dollars for the faithful perdormanee of the
to be IN force 50 long as the City shall pur-
chase water of the contractor by the aniilion
gallons, but will be cancelled on Completion
Of a purchase of the plant by the City.
FORM OF OND
The form of all bonds mentioned in this speci-
fcation shall be approved by the Corporatton
Counsel DRAWING OF CONTRACT.
TLe ct tn carry into affect fbsc s&ao;
heation shall be prepared by the Corporation
Attorney, with the approval of the Corporation
Counsel TERM OF CONTRACT.
If a contract is entered into it will run for
nnlass sooner terminated by a purchase of the
water works by the City. as herein provided
oAMo1INT THE CITY AGREE TO TAKE
The city will agree to take at least twenty
600 million gallons of water per day. and to
take its whole supply of water from the con-
tractor during the term of contract.
Il QUALITY OF WATER.
TIVE water to be furnished shall be pure and
wholesome for drtnking and domestic purposes.
The number OF bacteria per cubic centimeter
shall not exceed FIVE hundred at any time, and
oIt the year shall not exceed one hundred and
ffty per cubic c~entiHeter.
s,ilt Of such publication, any chemical or COM
hound INJURIOUS to health, or which will attack
render the water unsuitable for the purposes
to which the City water is applied.
All odor, cosor and suspended impurities
sbail he removed. In case the water delivered
shall not be Of the quality required BY these
specifcations, the contractor shall only be en-
titled to compensation at one-half the contract
nrices so long as water deficient in quality
shall be delivered, and in case the water is not
restored to the quality required by these speci-
fications within one week after notice has been
served upon the contractgr by the City that
the quality is defective then the City may re-
ter delivered by the contractor thereafter I'M
iii the water shall sbe restored to contract pur-
s&.~4 T.. aaca the contractor shall at anV time
be unable to deliver enough water to supply
the Cityss needs. then the City may Immediately
ana without notice obtain an additional sup
ply needed directly from the Passaic River
through It's old intake, or from other sources
samples of water may be taken by the City
far inspection or analysis at the point where
the contractor delivers the water into the pres
ent intake of the Jersey City. Water Works.
ties for the taking of such samples.
HOW TO BID.
Bidders must state a price per million gal