The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-14
THE JERSEY CRY Z v THURSDAY. JULY IA 1895.

be necessary to make the works to be
of the best quality and efficiency shall
be furnished and performed by the CEN
tractor as fully and Thoroughly as Il me
full details and specifications tnefeIof haa
been given herein
MAINTENANCE.
The contractor shall MAINTAIN fhe wafer
works in good condition and tl0iougn rs
pair SO long as the City shall purchase
NeBANDS6NMd'ENT or CONTRACT.
If the Engineer shall certify that the
contractor has abandoned the work 70
be lone under the contract, or that salu
work is being unnecessarily OF unreason-
ably delayed, or that the contractor IS
wilfully violating any of the terms, cove
nanas and agreements OF the contract. or
is not executing this contract IN goou
faith. or is not making such progress as
ailired time, then the Board Of Street
and Water Commissioners sinai nave the
power and right to notify the contractor
TO discontinue all work or any part there
OF under this contract, and upon such
notification said contractor shall dlscoh-
tinue said work, or such pants thereo1 as
said Board may designate; and said Board
shall ~thereupon have the power to re4et
the work, or n part thereon, ana 70
complete the same at the cost and ex-
perse of the contractors; and the expense
so charged shall be deducted and paid
by said Board out of such money as may
be due, or become due at any time there
dTter, 10 S2lQ cCiitiaNltI ullu AAio eCAl
tract or any part thereof. In case sneh
expense is less than the sum which wouiai
have been payable under this contract II
the same had been completed by said Con-
tractor ii is agreed that said con-
tractor shall be entitled to receive the dlI,
ference: and in case such expense SndA
exceed the sum which would have been
payable under this contract if the same
had been completed by said contractor,
said contractor shall pay the
amount Of such excess to said City, on mo-
f:ao fpa~, q III Rnar1 nf the excess SO
UNPAID CLAIMS.
The contractor shall pay punctually All
the workmen who shall be employed N
constructing the water works, ana the
persons who shall furnish material lhere-
for, and shall furnish the Board OF street
and Water Commissioners with evidence
satisfactory to said Board that all persons
who have done work or furnished mater
ials under this contract and nave nee
any account of such claims with said
Board. have been fully paid, or are NOT
entitled to any lien under the laws 81 lnls
State. In case such evidence be not iur-
nished, said Board may withhold sueh
amount as it may deem necessary 70
meet the lawful claims or the persons
aforesaid, from the monies due the CON
tractor under this contract until SUCH ia,
bilities have been discharged. and until
evidence thereof is furnished SAID board.
Ii such evidence is not furnished When
the final payment under the contract SHAH
become due then the Board may pay such
claims to the persons claiming the same
and charge the amount thus pa1d TO the
contractor. who shall accept the same as
payment to the amount thereof upon this
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
The contractor shall put up and main-
tain such barriers and red lights as will
effectually prevent any aceiden IN con
sequence of his work. for which the CITY
might be liable, and he shall be liable Ior
all damages oecasioned in any way by
his acts or neglect, or that OF his agents,
employees or wofkmen.
USE OF PATENTED DEVICES.
All fees for any patented invention, ar
ticle or arrangements that may be used
upon or in any manner connected with
the construction. erection or maintenance
ed in these specifications. shall be in
cluded in the price mentioned IN the con-
tract, and the contractor shall protect
and hold harmless the city agalnsl any
and all demands for such fees or claims,
and before the final payment or settle
ment is made on account OF the contract,
tbe contractor must furnish acceptable
proof Of a proper and satisfactory release
from all such claims.
THE BIDDER MUST INFORM HIM
SELF.
Each bidder must fully and carefully
examine the specified tons. Each bidder
hereunder hereby admits that he mas
read and fully understands the meaning
of each and every claus of the speelf,
cations, and that he will comply with all
the terms of the anne
WHAT CONSTITUTES THE CON-
TRACT
The advertisement. the specifications.
the accepted proposals and all maps,
plans and drawings accompanying, at
tached to or described therein. the specific
contract and the contractors bond are 70
be considered essential portions OF lhe
eo'"pip's MEANING OF CITY.
Whenever the word City is used herein
dermen of Jersey City, in the State Of
New Jersey.
MEANING OF ENGINEER.
Whenever the word Engineer IS used
reference is made to an Engineer to be
appointed by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners # the City OF Jer-
sey City, New Jersey, to superintend the
construction of the water works, or TO
his authorized assistants.
Whenever the word contractor is used
reference is made to the person or per-
sons or corporation contracting to per-
form the work or furnish the materials
provided for under these organizations.
SPECIFICATIONS.
GATHERING GROUNDS.
The drainage area or catchment from
which the supply is derived must have
such an area hat the maximum quantity
of water called for may be obtained
without exceeding a draft of 666.000 gall
Ions for each square mile Of catehment.
STORAGE CAPACITY.
The available storage capacity of the
reservoirs will be taken to be the capacity
between b level Of the waste weir and
the owest level to which the reservoir
can be drawn through its effluent pipes:
but if this storage capacity shall exceed
175 million gallons for each square mile
of drainage area tributary to said reser-
voir. then the available or effective ca
pacity of said reservoir will be taken at
175 million gallons for each square mile
of said drainage area. The amount of eff
fective storage so determined must be
equal to that given in the following table.
In this table the area of catcnment or
drainage area being given in the first
column. the corresponding storage eapac-
ity to be required for a draft of 50,000.000
gallons daily will be found on the same
line in the second column. and for a draft
of $1,000, COG gallons daily in the third col.
umn of the table. In case the area of
catehment is not given in the table. then
the required storage capacity must be de-
termined by interpolation
ABLE.
Storage Required in Million
Gallons for the Given
Number Daily Draught.
of square Draught Draught
miles of 80 Million 90 Million
catchrnent. Gallons Daily. Gallons Daily.
so 9.44S
30 S.SSS
100 $500
l05 SOP 1860
125 1000 1850