The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-29

ent intake OF the Jersey CityNwater Works,
and the contractor shall provide proper faeiff-
ties Tor the takire Of such saInples.3
HOW TO BID.
Hidders must state a price per million gal.
Ions for all water furnished up TO a limit OF
70 million gallons daily.
Bidders must also state a price for which
lands, rights Of gay, and all appurtenances
ana easements necessary TO the fulflln1ent OF
r ,n,ss speci1catianss said price to be stated PEI
ing plant said purchase to take effect at the
expiration Of FIVE. ten or fifteen years from
the date Of contract, but the City shall give
notice Of Its intention to purchase six nonths
IN advance Of such purchase.
HOW PAYMENT WILL BE MADE.
Inc city Will pay at the end of each quarter
Of the calendar year the sum due to the con
may designate.
CONTRACTOR TO MEASURE WATER.
The contractor shall measure the water De
the supervision @of the representatives OF the
City, who shall have free access to the meters
az an times. IN case OF a dispute as 70 tne
amount paid in the corresponding quarter OF
the previous year, and the disputed amount
snail be settled by arbitration, one arbitrator
to be named by the City. one by the Contractor,
and a third to be selected by the two 50 chosen
the decision of a majority of the three 70 pc
final. If the amount so determined shall pc
greater than that already paid the City WIN
ference shall be deducted from some quarterly
payment following the decision of the aFpitFa-
tors. The water shall be measured as near as
ent intake Of the Jersey city water works.
Ihe meter shall be Of a kind acceptable 70 the
City, and If found inaccurate at any time It
snail be changed on demand.
LIABILITY OF DAMAGES.
Ihe contractor shall put up and MAINTAIN
such barriers and red lights as will effectu.
ally prevent any accident in consequence OIL
ms work, for which the City might be iiaple.
stoned in any way by his acts or neglect, or
that of his agents employees. Or workmen.
USE OF PATENTED DEVICES ~
All 1eeS for any patented invention, artlcle
or arrangements that may be used upon or IN
any manner connected with the construction,
erection or maintenance of the work, or any
part thereof embraced in these specifications,
shall be included in the price mentioned in the
contract, and the contractor shall protect and
hold harmless the City against any and all
demands for such fees or claims, and before
the maj payment or settlement is made on ac-
count OF the contract, the contractor must Iur-
nish acceptable proof of a proper and s~atisfac-
tory release from all such claims.
WORK MUST BE INDEPENDENT.
The water works must be 50 constructed that
sey City exclusively, and the contractor must
agree to furnish no water therefrom to any
consumer of Jersey City water.
TIME TO COMPLETE.
The contractor will be allowed one year and
SIX months from the date of contract TO com
plete the work and furnish the water specified.
For every days delay beyond the term of
contract, the contractor shall pay the City the
sum of five hundred $500 dollars per day as
liquidated damages and not by way of penalty.
All the time lost by reason of strikes, acef-
dents or other. delays unavoidable or beyond
the control of the contractor, shall not be com
puted as part of the time herein specified, if
the unavoidability of such delays is certified
to by the Engineer appointed by the City 10
slperinterd said work.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
The City will agree to exert or exercise such
powers or rights in the mater of condemnation
or otherwise as it now has or may hereafter
acquire, and which may be advantageously
used or exercised for the purpose of the con-
tract, in order to enable the use or acquisition
of such water and water-rights and lands and
other property, for the right of way, flterlng
plant and other works or plant, as may be
necessary to the proper and convenient con-
struction and maintenance Of said system of
water works to supply Jerss City, as afore-
said, said rights of condemnation TO be exer-
cised in the name of the City, but at the cost
and expense of the contractor, and the con-
tractor shall pay and hold the City harmless
of and from all cost, expenses, claims and de-
and acquiring for the purpose of the pro-
posed contract of all lands, water, water
agree to exercise, on demand of the contractor.
all its legal powers to prevent pollution of
waters Y t tributary to the proposed works, but Ut
such pollution shall be borne by the con-
USE OF 1 LANDS.
The City will permit the contractor to occupy
and use exclusively, so far as may be neees-
sary for the purpose of constructing. operating
and maintaining the proposed fltering plant,
for the term and under the conditions of these
specifications, all of its land lying between the
Passaic River and the first highway to the east
thereof and south of a line two hundred GOOD
feet south Of and parallel with the southerly
III llS pump Oto L L VIII d41p
permit him to lay his conduits to the present in
take and to connect Herewith on City lands
! lily Interfere with the City's use of such lands
to operate its pumping station. If more land
shall be needed by the contractor he must ac-
quire the same at his own cost and expense.
INSPECTION.
The Engineer shall have the right to in
speet and test the character of the work
performed and the material used in con-
strueting the water works, and the con-
tractor shall afford said Engineer reason
| able facility for making such tests and in
s~pection. Defective work and material may be
condemned by the Engineer at any time be,
when so condemned it shall be Immediately
taken down and rebuilt in accordance with
| material has been condemned it shall be at
once removed from the work and disposed of
to the satisfaction of the Engineer.
Copies Of all plans and working drawings
prepared by the contractor for use on the
such plans and drawings shall be used in con-
| struction. If such plans and drawings do not
conform to the specifications they MAY be
rejected by the Engineer, and after such re-
lection they shall not be used on construction.
The contractor shall be served with a writ
ten notice from the Engineer to replace or
| remove any rejected work or material or any
i work or material which may prove defective
on the final test of the water works, or in their
use and operation prior to the purchase there
of by the City, which notice shall designate
| a reasonable time for the completion of such
replacement CT removal, and if the contractor
shall neglect or refuse to obey such notice,
then the City will replace or remove the same
alt the eApEilSc VI Tile COAtlld CtO1.
The final test of the works will be the turn
ing on of the water and its delivery in the
specified amount and of the specified quality
| to the City. Under this test the works must
prove themselves efficient, serviceable and dura-
BILE for the purpose intended.
All parts of the works exposed to the eye
/ shall be of neat and w~orkmanlike appearance,
| without unnecessary ornanentation, and shall
he of thorough, proper and workmanlike con
| struetion, sound. solid and sufficient.
The Specifications are intended to secure
| frst-class material and workmanship through
out. Any workmanship or material not men
| toned or described, which may be necessary
| 10 make the works to be constructed com
| plete, and in all respects of the best quality
| and efficiency shall be furnished and performed
| by the contractor as fully and thoroughly as
If the full details and specifications therefor
had been given herein.
When the work is completed the altering
| plant and all structures connected Herewith,
.and the surrounding ground. shall be cleared
of ali rubbish and temporary structures, and
left in a neat and presentable condition.
MAINTENANCE.
The contractor shall maintain the water
works in good condition and thorough repair
so long as the CITY snail purchase water here
unue ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT.
TT fine Engineer shall certify that the COM
| tractor has abandoned the work, to be done
under the contract, or that said work is being
unnecessarily or unreasonably delayed, or that
fhe contractor Is wilfully violating any of
the terms, covenants and agreements of the
| contract. or is not executing this contract in
good faith, or is not making such progress
as to indicate its completion within the re-
a,,,rad time. then the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners shall have the power and
right to notify the contractor to discontinue
ali work or any part thereof under this con-
tract. and upon such notification said con-
tractor shall discontinue said work, or such
ap1a said Board shall thereupon have the bower
10 re-ler the work, or any part thereof. and