The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-02


at his own cost and expense, Immediately Ill
up all excavations and relay any pavement or
sidewalk removed and leave such streets. ave
nues and lands in as good condition AFTER sucn
pipes are laid therein as they were before sueh
work was commenced.
INSPECTION.
The Engineer shah have the right e inspees
and test the character of the work pefloriasa
and the material used in sconstructlns tne
water works, and the contractor shall aftora
said Engineer Reasonable facility Tor MahiIiS
such tests and inspection. Defective work. and
material may be condemned by the Engineer
at any time before the final acceptance "a
the work; and when such work has peen a ov5r
and rebuilt in accordance with the plans anu
Specifications. When defective material mas
been condemned it shall be at once relnSssu
from the work and disposed of TO the satislae-
tion of the Engineer. s
prepared by the contractor for use on me
work shall be filed with the Engineer. osioie
such plans and drawings shall be usea ~
construction. If such plans and drawings = ~
not conform to the specifications they may or
rejected py the Engineer, and atter annstr,,e-
tion.
The contractor shall be served with a writ
ten notice from the Engineer to replace q y,
move any rejected work or material or any
work or material which may prove detectise
on the final test of the water WORKS, OF ~
their use and operation prior to the purchase
thereof by the City, which notice snail aesisf
nate a reasonable time for the complexion OF
such replacement or removal. and II the cor.
tractor shall neglect or refuse 10 ppey w.
notice, then the h City viii 1 re fpa ce.s or ren0
The final test of the works win be the turn
ing on of the water and It's delivery nn ia t ext
specified amount to tine City. Under TINS ttss
the works must be free from leaks and lmper-
fections and must prove themselves enleien,,
serviceable and durable for the purpose :"
tended.
All parts of the work exposed to the eye
shall be of neat and workmanlike appearance,
without Unnecessary ornamentation anu s anni
be of thorough, proper and wofkHianiihe NA
struction. sound, solid and sufficient.
The specifications are intended to secure mrs.
class material and Workmanship througnouli
Any workmanship or material not memory
or described which may be necessary 10 m sn
the works to be constructed complete, anu ~
all respects.o of the best quality snd eiicieneg,
tractor as fully and thoroughly as if the full
details and specifications therefor haa oeehe
MAINTENANCE.
The contractor shall maintain the Waeer
works in good condition and thorough repair
SO long as the City shall purchase water nee
ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT.
If the Engineer shall certify that the con-
tractor has abandoned the work to be done
under the contract, or that saia Woih ~ y
ing unnecessarily or unreaSoaably Delayed y
that the contractor is wilfuliy violating any
of the terms. covenants and agreements OF tne
good faith, or is not making such progress as
to indicate its completion within the REQUIRE
time, then the Board of Street ana Watsr
Commissioners shall have the power and rlsnt
to notify the contractor to discontinue az
work or any part thereof under TINS contract,
and upon such notification said eontraeror
shall discontinue said work, or sucn paris
thereof as said Board may Designate; ana salu
Board shall %thereupon have the power TO re-
let the work. or any part thereof, and to COM
plete the same at the cost and expense or lne
contractor; and the expense SO charged shan
he deducted and paid by said Board out OF
| such money as may be due, or become due at
! any time thereafter, to said contractor under
this contract or any part thereof. In case
such expense is less than the sum Whlen
would nave been PAYABLE under this contract
If # the same had been completed by said con-
tractor. it is agreed that sald eonlraetol Sha ~
be entitled to receive the difference, alu ~
-. ..,@l vno1oa chAll lNaand n SUIT WHICH
would have been payable under TINS contract
if the same had been completed by SAD con-
amount of such excess to said City, on notice
from said Board of the excess so Que,
Tho contractor shall pay punctually all the
worlmen who shall be employed in construct
ing the water works ana ,he ! p i shall ff,ir.
nish the Board of Street and Wafer I iln
sioners with evidence satisfactory 70 sa.l
Board that all persons who nave cone "uIs
or furnished materials under this contract ana
have flied any account of such claims Win salu
Board, have been fully paid, or are NOT en-
titled 10 any lien under the laws of this state;
In case such evidence DE not furnished, sald
/ BOARD may withhold such amount as 1t may
Deem necessary to meet the lawful claims OF
the persons aforesaid, from the MONIES uue
iinh;iij;as have been discharged, and until evil
dence thereof is furnished SAID boara- l
| such evidence is not furnished when me haal
| nayment under the contract shall become cue
then the Board may pay such CLAIMS 10 the
person claiming the same and charge tne
a mOllDI thus Ddla L U lhc tbiiNA aCto-s VIM
accent the same as payment to the amount
| thereof upon this contract
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
The contractor shall put up and maintain
st,rh barriers and red lights as will erectual-
Is prevent any accident IN eohssdugnn abs oi and ND
he shall be Liable for all damages oecasioned
in any way by his acts or neglect. or that
u USE OF PATENTED DEVICES.
All fees for any patented invention, article
or arrangements that may be used upon or
in any manner connected with the construe-
ton. erection or maintenance Of the work. or
any nart thereof embraced in these specifica-
lions shall be included in the price mention
ed in the contract, and the contractor snall
nrotect and hold harmless the City against any
and ali demands for such fees or claims, ana
| before the final payment or settlement Is mace
on account Of the contract, the contractor
| must furnish acceptable proof OF a proper ana
THE BIDDER MUS INFoR HIMSELF.
Each bidder must fully and carefully ex-
anime the specifications and in case he does
! NOT fully understand them inquiry must De
Of Street and Water Commissioners to pre-
| mare these specifications, and their lnterpre-
tation thereof shall pc nnai IL s = rea 9ia and
fully understands the meaning OF each and
every clause of the specifications, and that he
win comnly with all the terms of the same.
" WAT Constitutes THE CONTRACT.
The advertisement, the specifications, the
a acc Minss p aeeompany ing attached to or de-
scribed therein, the specific contract and the
I'd OF CITY.
Whenever the word City is used herein ref
erence is made to the Mayor and Aldermen
Of Jersey city, in the State of New Jersey.
OF ENGINEER.
Whenever the word Engineer is used refer
| ence is made to the Engineer appointed by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
If the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, to
ernerintend the construction of the water
| works. or to his authorized assistants.
MEANING OF. CONTRACTOR
Whenever the word contractor is used refer
| ence is made to the person or persons or cor
| furnish the materials provided for under these
specifications. rIonyc
GATHERING GROUNDS.
The drainage area or catchment from which
the supply is derived must have such an area
that the maximum quantity of water called
FOR may be obtained without exceeding a draft
Of 6GG, 900 gallons for each squares mile of
STORAGE CAPACITY.
rhe available storage capacity of the reser-
voirs will be taken to be the. capacity be-
tween the level of the waste weir and the
| dra wn through its effluent pipes; but if this
storage capacity shall exceed 15 million gal
Ions for each square mile of drainage area
tributary to said reservoir, then the available
taken at IT'S million gallons for each square
nile Of said drainage area. The amount of
errective storage SO determined must be equal
to that given in the following table. In this
heing given in the first column, the CORE
snonding storage capacity to be required for a
daft Of Is. 900. 900 gallons daily, will be found
on the same line in the second column, for a
column. and for a draft of 20, e00.0 900 gallons
daily in the fourth column of the table. In
case the area OF catchment is not given in the
tabie then the required storage capacity must
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