The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-26


ent intake of me Jsrseyxcitg Water WerlS
and the contractor shall provide proper faeiii-
ties for the takirs q such samples.
Bidders must state a price per million gal.
Ions for all water furnished up 10 a limit OF
10 million gallons daily.
Bidders mast also state a price for whlcn
the City can buy and own the altering plant,
and necessary 10 the fulhllment Of
these specifications, said price to be stared Per
million gallons of daily capacity Of the filter.
ing plant, said purchase to takseefeet ~ ths
expiration Of 1--WE. ten or fifteen years from
~ date Of contract, but the City shall giye
notice of its intention to purchase six months
HOW PAYMENT WILL BE APE -ts-
The City will pay at the end .of~each quafter
of the calendar year the sum due to the con-
tractor at such repositories as the contractor
may designate.
CONTRACTOR TO MEASURE WATER.
The contractor shall measure the water Or
nyefed 70 the City at his own expense Shf the
City, who shall have free access to the meters
at all times. In case Of a dispute as 10 me
amount delivered the City shall pay the same
amount paid in the corresponding quarter OF
the previous year, and the disputed amount
| shall be settled by arbitration, one arbitrator
to be named by the City one by the CONTRACTOR
and a third to be selected by the two so CHOSEN,
the decision Of a majority Of the three to pc
greater than that already paid the CITY VIII
pay the excess, but If 1t shall be less.gtbe dlt5
ference shall be deducted from some quarterly
payment following the decision Of the arpltfd-
tors. The water shall be measured as near as
e aay make ns ie t of P Phe Je OF asii city l water INV works orks
The meter shall be Of a kind acceptable TO the
City. and if found inaccurate at any time II
shall be changed on demand.
LIABILITY OF DAMAGES.
The contractor shall put up and maintain
ally prevent any accident in consequences OF
his work. for which the City might be liable,
and he shall be liable for all damages oeca-
Stored in any way by his acts or neglect, or
that of his agents, employees, or Workmen-
USE OF PATENTED DEVICES
! All feeS for auy patented invention, aTtlclc
or arrangements that may be used upon or IN
any manner connected with the construction,
erection or maintenance of the work, or any
part thereof embraced in these specifications,
shall be included in the price mentioned IN the
contract, and the contractor shall protect and
hold harmless the City against any and al
demands for such fees or claims. and before
count of the contract, the contractor must iur-
nish acceptable proof Of a proper and satisfac-
tory release from all such claims.
WORK MUST BE INDEPENDENT.
The water works must be so constructed tnat
sey City exclusively, and the contractor must
agree to furnish no water therefrom to any
TIM TO COMPLETE. .
The contractor will be allowed one year and
six months from the date of contract to com
plete the work and furnish the water speclfied.
For every days delay beyond the term or
contract, the contractor shall pay the City the
sum of five hundred f$500 dollars per day as
liquidated damages and not by way Of penalty.
All the time lost by reason Of strikes, accl3
the control of the contractor, shall not be COM
puted as part of the time herein specified. if
the unavoidability of such delays is certified
to by the Engineer appointed by the CITY 10
superintend said work.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN
The City will agree to exert or exercise suen
powers or lights in the mater of condemnation
or otherwise as it now has, or may hereafter
acquire, and which may be adyantageously
used or exercised for the purpose of the CON
tract, in order to enable the use or acquisition
of such water and water-rights and lands and
other property, for the right of way. altering
plant and other works or plant, as may pc
necessary to the proper and CONVENIENT con-
water works to supply Jersey City, as afore-
said, said rights of condemnation to be exer-
cised in the name of the City, but at the cost
and expense of the contractor. and the con-
tractor shall pay and hold the City harmless
mands Of all persons by reason-o of the taking
and acquiring for the purpose of the pro
rights and other property. The City will also
agree to exercise, on demand of the contractor,
all its legal powers to prevent pollution b q
all expenses attendant upon the prevention OF
such pollution shall be borne by the con
USE OF CITY LANDS.
The City will permit the contractor to occupy
sary for the purpose of constructing, operating
and maintaining the proposed flter1ng plant
for the term and under the conditions of these
specifications, all of its land lying between the
Passaic River and the first highway to the east
feet south of and parallel with the southerly
wall of its westerly pump house. 1t will also
permit him to lay his conduits to the present IN.
take and to connect herewith on City lands
not above included, but SO as not to unnecessar'
lily interfere with the City's use Of such land:
to operate its pumping station. If more ianc
shall be needed by the contractor he must &C
quire the same at his own cost and expense.
INSPECTION.
The Engineer shall have the right to in
reformed and the material used in con.
structing the water works, and the con
tractor shall afford said Engineer reason
-1aa+iop4 0ofaatiya work and material NAV OF
condemned by the Engineer at any time be
fore the final acceptance Of the work, am
taken down and rebuilt in accordance with
the pans and specifications When defective
once removed from the work and disposed o.
to the satisfaction of the Engineer.
Copies of all plans and working drawing
prepared by the contractor for use on tn,
work shall be filed with the Engineer before
struction. If such plans and drawings do no
conform to the specifications they may b
rejected by the Engineer, and after such re
lection they shall not be used on construction
: The contractor shall be served with a writ
ten notice from the Engineer to replace O.
: remove any rejected work or material or an!
work or material which may prove defeetiv,
, on the final test of the water. works, or in thei
use and operation prior to the purchase there
| OF by the City, which notice shall designat.
{ a reasonable time for the completion of sucl
/ replacement or removal, and If the contracto
sbsfl neglect or refuse to obey such notice
then the City will replace or remove the sam
at the expense of the contractor.
/ The final test of the works will be the turn
| ing on of the water and its delivery in tn
specified amount and of the specified qualit,
: to the city. Under this test the works mus
/ prove themselves efficient, servieeable and dura
r bic for the purpose intended.
D All parts of the works exposed to the ey
1 shall be of neat and workmanlike appearance
without unnecessary ornamentation, and shal
be of thorough, proper ana workrnanlike con
( The Specifications are intended to secur
' frst-class material and workmanship through
!. o,,t. ANY workmanship or material not men
E toned or described. which may be necessar
In make the works to be constructed com
q nlete. and in all respects of the best qualit
: and eficiency shall be furnished and Performs
: nv the contractor as fully and thoroughly a
e If the fun details and specifications thereto
when the work is completed the flterin
: n,ant and all structures connected Herewith
: and the surrounding ground, shall be cleare
: 81 ali rubbish and Temporary structures, an
left in a neat and presentable condition.
MAINTENANCE.
The contractor shall maintain the waite
. works in good condition and thorough repai
: ~ long as the city shall purchase water here
+ under. ~ co>,rr
> If the Engineer shall certify that the cor
i tractor has abandoned the work to be don
,Inder the contract, or that said work is bein
t unnecessarily or unreasonabiy delayed. or tina
the contractor is wilfully violating any c
4 tba terms. covenants and agreements of tn
9 contract. or is not executing this contract /
! good faith. or is not making such progres
n ss 10 indicate it's completion within the re
n orired time, then the Board of Street an
yNatar commissioners shall have the power an
riSht TO notify the contractor to discontinu
: ali work or any part thereof under this cor
n araet and upon such. notification said cor
tractor shall discontinue said work, or sue
narts thereof as said Board may designate
and said Board shall thereupon have the powe
n 70 re-let the work, or any part thereof, an