The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-05

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I'VE million gallons daily up to the limit OF
capacity of the works.
Bidders must Also state a price for which
the City can buy and own the water works
of a capacity Of fifty 500 million gallons daily,
together with the water supply, wafer rights.
lands, reservoir sites, rights Of way and all
OF tIe specification and to the extent OF seven
" el0) million gallons Of water daily; said
eeptanee q the works. If the City shall give
notice OF its intention to purchase within one
year after the date Of contract.
Bidders must also state a price for which
the City can buy and own the water works
OF a capacity Of fifty $50 million gall
Ions daily, together with the water supply.
water rights, Hands. reservoir sites. rights Of
way and all easements necessary TO fulfil the
requirements OF the specification and 10 the
extent OF seventy G0) million gallons OF water
daily; said purchase 10 take effect at the ex-
piration OF five, ten or fifteen years from the
date OF contract; but the City shall give no
tiee OF its intention TO purchase one year il
advance of said purchase.
Bidders must also state a price for which
the city can buy and own the water works.
water supply, water rights, lands, reservoir
sites, rights of way and all appurtenances and
easements necessary To fulfil the requirements
of the Specification and to the extent Of seventy
t7O million gallons of water daily forever
said purchase to take effect on completion and
acceptance of the works If the City shall
give notice of its intention TO purchase within
one year after the date Of contract. Bidders
must also state a price far which the City can
buy and own the water works. water supply.
water rights, lands, reservoir sites. rights OF
way anu all sapDurIendnceS ard easements
necessary to fulf1n the requirements of the
specification, and to the extent of seventy t7W
million gallons of water daily forever; said
purchase to take effect at the expiration Of five.
ten or fifteen years from the date of contract,
hut the City shall give notice of its intention
to purchase one year in advance of such pur-
HOW BIDS WILL BE COMPARED.
AS a basis for comparing the prices per rail-
lion gallons an initial consumption Of twenty
five million gallons daily. increasing at the rate
of three per cent. Per arHum will be assumed.
LOCATION OF LAND.
The intakes and the cOrduits leading there
from to the City must be wholly within the
State OF New Jersey.
WORK MUST BE INDEPENDENT.
The water works must be SO constructed that
they may be used and operated to supply Jer-
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 VIII he allowed two years and
six months from the date Of contract to COM
pete the work and furnish the water specified.
For every days delay beyond the term of
contract, the contractor shall pay the CITY or
Jersey City the sum of five hundred dollars
$500 per day as liquidated damages, and not
by way of penalty.
dents or other delays, unavoidable or beyond
the control OF the contractor. shall not be
if the unaveidabiity Of such delays is certi-
fed to by the Engineer appointed by the City
TO superintend said work.
bidder MUST INFOR HIMSELF.
Each bidder must fully and carefully exam
inc the specifications.
Each bidder thereby admits that ne has read
and fully understands the meaning of each
and every clause Of the specifications, and
that he, wfll comply with all the terms OF the
same.
NOTE.-Bidders must sign name in full and
postofice address. In case an Individual signs
for a corporation, proper authority must ac-
company the proposal.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 7. Chapter 134, Of the Laws OF
1891, under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become eHeellse
or o~nerative until the bonds offered by the
contractor have been approved as 10 sufficiency
by this Board and as to form by the corpora
zion Counsel. the President of this Board hav-
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath ~.
News Of july 18th and August 4th. 1888. or
| COPIES Of specifications may be had on APP
| nlication to the Clerk of the Board OF Street
and Water Commissioners.
Nv order of the Board of Street and Water
COMMISSIONER GEO. T. BoUToN,
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