The Jersey City news., 1898-07-30

Heintze, Nolan, Smith and fresldehl
Hauck. .aooa7ea fo
business under rule 3.
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE Or
THE WHOLE.
Commissioner Nolan. on pehall % =, I'd "a
Committee of the Whole preseht.s.. .
; a,9eTaed SPECIFICATIONS for new water
supply as follows
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey
civ by the Board of Street and WAGER
Commissioners. will receive proposall,S7 a., ar
a supply Of pure and whoiesoIne mae9- ae@-
Ing mgr room Of the Board, at the city Hail; an
Jersev city. New Jersey on the loln oay
of August, 1898, at 10 o'clock A. M. aar
Bidders must submit proposals uiioe'
the following piapP;IT1A PI-AN
The water must be dehxeaeo r5s ne
gravity at Bergen ReseryoilSS' ,1ifh
first works must be nire cons siof's of s,ffcient
canacjty and so located as 70 De capaIn,lIS pa I,I
Of collecting and delivering f1fty eoV' alla
ION gallons daily at all times, ana a siHglS
conduit having a capacity to deilNef u 81
seventy (7o) million gallons daily i,,6,l # OF
masonry or in tunnel, or fifty e9e, nil.lio's ~
gallons daily if of steel pipe; deIlvery ~ ~
said conduit to be at bergen Nsnei sleva, est.
zion of 30 feet above mean hign tlues rue
All gatehouses at intakes ana points ~ f
delivery. and all points OF connScllon ~ ~ ~
steel with masonry condults silan ea,,G "a Steel
nine Of thirty 500 million galions uaals
capacity The lands, reservoir sites ~ ~
rights and easements necessary 70 tif3nS e.i'9rS
thn citv to divert and use seventy wv
million gallons daily must be acquired
Whenever during the term OF cohlrac., sls,
but prior to the exercise OF tnS t.4e III
option to purchase, the Clty sLall n III =
Of his water works, then the contractor 9
shall Immediately proceed TO cohstruc'
sr1ch additional storage and intake reesi
vf,irs a. NAV be necessary, so located anu
~ rurb canacity as to be capable, TO-
setfer with those previously constfuclea;,
Of collecting and delivering seventy w. ~
million gallons daily at all tunes, anu he
shall likewise proceed to construct d seS
and steel pipe where such pipe may pe
necessary to enable him to deliver lhirty.
(s0) million gallons daily addltlohal II 20 %
Bergen Reservoirs at an eleVa tioli Z LII ~ - -
perfect and complete his water WORKS N
all details as to make them capaplee. y
collecting and delivering to the cltx
seventy (70) million gallons daily AZ ~
times. Such additional works SHAH pc
completed within two years atter 5he 5el-
vice of the aforesaid notice aId Wnsn ltsl
so completed, on demand OF the Clty, lhe
C4ty will agree to take and pay 1or AT
least fiffy (5O) million gallons of water
daily. But the contractor shall IN no case
he compelled to complete these addltional
works earlier than the first WORKS are
to be completed hereunder:
IF the conduit or conduits shall pass
within one thousand feet of BefleVllle
Reservoir, connections must pc proViueu
Herewith. and the City may require de-
livery Of a part of the supply into said
resefsolsNE GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The City reserves the right to reject
any or all bids made by virtue OF TINS
specification
Proposals will not be received after the
tin,o fixed by, the advertisement.
Proposals must be made on blank forms.
TO be obtained at the office OF the SierA
of the Board of Street and Water COM
r71issioners. and must be delivered IN open
rneeting, and when called for. TO that Of
ficer. in a sealed envelope, to be ENDORSED
s'Prcnosals for New Water Supply 1or
prices must be stated in figures and
Anv proposal under this specification
which does not comply with all OF us
requirements win be deemed informal and
rejected
BIDDERS must submit and annex as a
rer,tisite to their proposal such descrlp-
tions, plans and drawings as may pc
necessary to make clear the essential ;l lea-
lures of the works proposed to be puiis,
ana must show the location, area, depth
and capacity of all reservoirs. the loca non
Of intakes, the route, profile and ny
draul;c gradient of conduits. with all nee
essary data for determining their carry
tO~et~AN->f
extent of the gathering grounds.
In case future exploration and Dorihss
shall demonstrate that the sup-sou y /
any of the storage reservoirs oftereo Is
unfit for the construction OF sa1e ara
practicable dams, the contractor VIII pe
allowed to furnish other reservoirs 81
equal value and efficiency. and acceptable
to the Engineer. c,a,x
CERTIFIED CHEQgE TO AoCosA-
AS an evidence of good faith, each bid
der will deposit one hundred thoqsahQf =
dollars in one of the natlon44d pankT T,tpa 9a
Guarantee and Trust Company; and at
tach to his proposal certified cheque iio lor
the amount payable to the oroer Fyrd or inf of
the contract. such cheque will be return
ed to unsuccessful bidders, and returne91
TO the successful bidder on signing ana
delivery of the contract; but Will pc
forfeited by the successful bidder. to the
use of the City, in case the contract
is not signed within ten days afteT II is
ready for execution on part OF said con-
tractor. Said cheque shall be in lieu OF
freeholder security.
Any bidder may, on one certified che1ue,
make one or more pids upon I,ol 1g ,ng
said cheque shall stand as security 1or
each bid so made,
The contractor must furnish a bond OF
five hundred thousand dollars, the secur-
ity to be subject to approval according
TO law, for the performance of the con-
tract up to the date OF acceptance, So. od
and upon the delivery to the CITY or ths
bond hereinafter provided for, this pono
is to be cancelled. Upon the acceptance
of water under this contract, the contrac-
tor must furnish a new bond Tor hVe
hundred thousand dollars for the faithful
performance of the contract throughou1
its period, which bond is to be in force
so long as the City shah purchase water
of the contractor by the million gallons
but will be cancelled on completion OF a
purchase OF 1,hi2RRE the RiEannf{ n{r bg igeI fns CITY
The form of all bonds mentioned IN TINS
specification shall be approved by the
Corporation Counsel
DRAWING OF CONTRACT.
The contract to carry into effect this
specification shall be prepared by tbs
Corporation Attorney with the approval
of the Corporation Counsel.
TERM OF CONTRACT
If a contract is entered into it will rur
for twenty-five years from the date lol
contract, unless sooner terminated by. 9
purchase of the water works by the City
as herein provided for: .r,--
IN CASE CONTRACT is CONTESTED
In case an award of contract shall bt
made. and the legality of such award ano
the carrying out of the provisions Of the
specifications or any portion thereof shal
be legally contested, due diligence mus
be used in effecting speedy. settlement
of such contest to a conclusion, and tt
the attainment of that end no postpone
nent or delay in the hearing of such cast
or in its prosecution or process OF settle
ment shall be consented to or requested
by the successful bidder or by any o'1t
representing him, unless the same shal
have been first agreed to by the Mayor
AMOUNT THE CITY AGREES TC
TAKE.
The City will agree to take at leas
per day, and to take dts whole. supply o
water from the contractor during tn