The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-11
SPECIFICATIONS O A P P OF FIJI.
TERED WATER o JERSEY
CITY.

The Mayor and Aldermen Of Jersey City, by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners,
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.
o DELIVERED.
The water must be delivered into the pres
ent pumping intake of the Jersey City Water
Works, opposite Belleville, so that it will flow
to the present pump wells. At the screen
a gate or gates shall be erected so as to cut
Off and entirely exclude from the pump wells
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.
CAPACITY OF WORKS.
The capacity of the altering plant when first
constructed shall be 40 million gallons daily.
and it shall be increased from time to time so
as to be at all times 20 per cent. in excess 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
and the water must be delivered as needed
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 the advertisement. '
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 reouisite
to their proposal such descriptions, plans and
drawings as may be necessary to make clear
thaNaCcanfi11 fnQf p M h ~
be built, and must fully describe the method
by which they propose to purify the water.
AS an evidence of good faith each bidder viii
deposit one hundred thousand dollars in one of
Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company,
and attach to his proposal a certified cheaue
for the amount, payable to the order of the
contract such cheque will be returned to un-
successful bidders, and returned to the sue
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 af-
ter it is ready for execution on part of said con-
tractor. Said cheque shall be in lieu of free
holder security.
The contractor must furnish q bond of five
hundred thousand dollars, the security to be
subject to approval according to law. for the
performance of the contract up to the date Of
acceptance of water supply hereunder, at
of the bond hereinafter provided for, this bond
is to be cancelled. Upon the acceptance of wa
FER lnder THIS contract, the contractor 111Sf
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.
FORM OF BOND.
The form of all bonds mentioned in this speci-
fcation shall be approved by the Corporation
eo0A DRAWING OF CONTRACT
The contract to carry into effect this speci-
fnatian shall be prepared by the (,orpnrotia,
Attorney, with the approval of the Corporation
eouA TERM OF CONTRACT.
If a contract is entered into it will run for
twenty-five years from the date of contract,
water works by the City, as herein provided
io AMOUNT H CITY AGREES TO TAKn
The city will agree to take at least twenty
(20) million gallons of water per day, and to
take its whole supply of water from the con-
tractor during the term of contract.
QUALITY OF WATER.
The water to be furnished shall be pure and
wholesome for drinking and domestic purposes.
The number of bacteria per cubic centimetar
shall not exceed five hundred at any time. ana
the average Of weekly determinations through
fifty per cubic centimeter.
sult of such publication any chemical or com
pound injurious to health. or which will attack
the water pipes, steam boilers or otherwise
to which the City water is applied.
All odor, coior and suspended impurities
shall be removed. LII CdSC4 TIC HdlGr 06lNeFP6
shall not be of the quality required BY these
specifications, the contractor shall only be en-
titled to compensation at one-half the contract
prices SO long as water deficient in quality
shall be delivered, and in case the water is not
restored to the quality required by these speci-
~fcations within one week after notice has been
served upon the contractor by the City that
the quality is defective, then the City may re-
fuse to make any payments whatever for wa
ter delivered by the contractor thereafter un-
iii the water shall be restored to contract pur-
itv. In case tire contractor shall at any time
be unable to deliver enough water to supply
the Cityss needs. hen the City may Immediately
and without rotiee obtain an additional sup
ply 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 into the pres
ent intake Of the Jersey City Water Works,
and the contractor shall provide proper facili-
ties for the taking of such samples
HOW TO BE.
Bidders must state a price per million gall
Ions for all water furnished up to a limit of
20 million gallons daily
Bidders must also state : price for which