The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-05
SPECIFICATIONS o A SUPPLY OF FILL
TERED WATER FOR JERSEY
CITY.

The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, by
the Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
Will 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 1898. at ten O'Clock A. M.
HOW DELIVERED.
The water must be delivered into the pres
ent pumping intake of the Jersey City Water
Works, opposite Beleville, 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 unflltered 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 81, and condition.
The capacity of the fitering plant when first
constructed shall be 40 million gallons daily,
as to be at all times 20 per cent. in excess Of
the greatest monthly average consumption of
water by the City. The pumping plant will be
operated by the City as near as possible at the
average rate of consumption for any given
month, but a variation of 20 per cent. from
that rate must be allowed for by the contractor
by the City within these limits.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The City reserves the right to reject any or
all bids made by virtue of this specification.
Proposals. will not be received after the time
fixed by heN+Qverl1SeDnenl-
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 will
be deemed informal and rejected.
Bidders must submit and annex as a requisite
to their proposal such descriptions, plans and
the essential features of the works proposed to
be built, and must fully describe the method
By ynieh they c pFep9ss to 2pp purity nEc6 the water
AS an evidence of good faith each bidder will
dercsit 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 cheuue
for the amount. payable to the order ~ he
Treasurer of Jersey City. On award of the
contract such cheque will be returned to un-
successful bidders, and returned to the sue
cessful bidder on signing and delivery of the
contract, but will be forfeited by the sue
cessful bidder to the use of the City in case
the contract is not signed within ten days aft
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 he
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 Inc oJIiQ R4ON y I1lS DOl0
is to be cancelled Upon the acceptance of wa
ter under this contract, the contractor must
furnish a new bond for five hundred thousand
dollars for the faithful performance of the
contract throughout its period, which bond is
to be in force so long as the City shall pur-
chase water of the contractor by the million
Gallons. but will be cancelled ON completion
Of a purchase Of the plant By the City.
The form Of all bonds mentioned in this speci-
fcation shall be approved by the Corporation
counsel npAWTNe on coN-rPA
The contract to carry into effect this speci-
ication 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
twenfv@five years from the date of contract
unless sooner terminated by'a purchase of the
water works by the City, as herein provided
AMOUNT H CITY AGREES no TAKE.
THE CITY will agree to take at least twenty
(2W million gallons of water per day, and to
lake its whole supply of water from the con.
QUALITY OF WATER.
Tbe water to be furnished shall be pure and
wholesome for drinking and domestic purposes.
The number of bacteria per cubic centimeter
sbau NOT exceed five hundred at any time. ana
the average of weekly determinations through
out the year shall not exceed one hundred and
ATTY per cubic centimeter. III
The purified water shall not contain as a re-
sniff Of such puriication any Chemical or com
pound injurious to health or which wiz attack
render the water unsuitable for the purposes
to which the City water is applied.
All odor. eosor and suspended Impurities
shall be removed. In case the water delivered
shall not be of the quality required by these
specifications, the contractor shall only be en-
titled to compensation at one-haif the contract
nriees so long as water deficient in quality
shall be delivered. and in case the water is not
restored to the quality required by these sspeci-
fcations within one week after notice has been
served upon the contractor by the City that
fine quality is defective, then the City may re
fuse to make any whatever for wa
Tar delivered by the contractor thereafter un-
til the water shall be restored to contract pur-
itv. In case the contractor shall at any time
be unable to deliver enough water to supply
fine Cittss needs. %hea the City may Immediately
and without notice obtain an additional sup
Div needed directly from the Passaic River
through its Old intake, or from other sources.
Samples of water may be taken by the City
for inspection or analysis at the point where
the contractor delivers the water int1 the pres
ent intake of the Jersey City Water Works,
and the contractor shall provide proper faciii-
ties for the takirg of such samples
HOW TO BID.
Bidders must state a price per million gall
Ions for all water furnished up to q limit of
10 million gallons daily.
Bidders must also state = price for which