The Jersey City news., 1898-07-30

per million gallons for all in excess Of
| fhirty-five million gallons daily up e
forfy-five million gallons daily, anu 2
! price per million gallons for all n excess
! Of forty-five million gallons daaiy up 70
| the limit of capacity OF the works. -
Bidders must also state prlce nof
| which the City can buy and own the wa
ter ~ ls'ss works Of a capacity Of fifty go mil
/ lion gallons daily together with the wa
4 Ter supply water rights. lands, reservoir
| necessary to fulfill the requirements of
! This sDecifcation and to the extent OF
| seventy (I0) million gallons of water daiiy.
said purchase to take effect on coInpie5ll,o3n ~, ~
| and aecentance Of the works, II the City
| shall give notice of its intention 20 puf--
| chase within one year after the cate ol
bidders must also state price for
! which the City can buy and own the wa
| fer works of a capacity of fifty t30l mil
/ lion gallons daily together with the water
! sunplv. water rights, lands, reservoir sites
| rights of way and all easements necessary ~
! to fulfill the requirements OF TINS specldd-
| cation and to the extent of seventy li)
| million gallons of water daily; said parss
! chase to take effect at the expiration o. o.
| five. ten or fifteen years from lhe ua.e 4;,e
! Of contract, but the City shall give notice
| of its intention to purchase one year IN
1 advance of said purchase. -
Bidders must also state price lo1
which the City can buy ana own tne y a. d
| lands. reservoir sites. rights OF way ana
| all appurtensnces and easements neces-
sary to fulfill the Requirements OF lnls
| specification and to the extent OF seventy
| (7O) million gallons Of water daily loreveri !
| said purchase to take effect on cofHplelion
and acceptance OF the WORKS u tile ~. S..y
shall give notice of its intention 70 pur-
chase within one year after the oate u
| contract. -
Bidders must also state price for
which the City can buy and own the wa
| ter works, water supply, water rights;
| lands, reservoir sites, rights Of way ana
all appurtenances and easements heces-
sary to fulfill the requirements OF TINS
specification and to the extent OF SeNeHey'
Loo million gallons of water daily for-
ever; said purchase to take effect at the
expiration of five, ten or hfteen years
| from the date of contract, but the CITY
shall give notice of its intention to pur-
chase one year in advance OF sucn pur-
chase.
HOW PAYMENT WILL, BE MADE.
The City viii pay quarterly the sum
| due to the contractor at such repositories
| as the contractor may designate, ana d
such times as are agreed upon IN the coii-
Prices viii be computed and payments
made on the average daily supply for
IEoNTRACTOR. TO MEASURE WATER.
" The contractor shall measure the water
delivered TO the City at his own expense,
under the supervision of the representa-
| tives of the City, who shall have free
| access to the meters at all times; IN
case of a dispute as to the amount de-
| llVeTeQ. the CITY Sndll pay ttlC Sam
amount paid in the corresponding quar-,
| I fer 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 third to be
| selected by the two so chosen: the de-
cision of majority of the three 10 pc
| final. II the amount so determined shsli
| be greater than that already paid, the
| City will pay the excess; but if 1T sha.i
i be less. the difference shall be deducted
from some quarterly payment following
| tho decision of the arbitfators, The
| water shall be measured upon the CITY S
| property as near as may be to the points
| at which the City receives the water
! into its reservoirs or pipes The meter
| shall be of kind acceptable to the CITY,
| and if found inaccurate at any time snail
| be changed on demand.
HOW BIDS WILL BE COMPARED.
AS a basis for comparing the prices per
million gallons an initial consumption OF
:! twenty-five million gallons daily fncreas-
| ing at the rate of three per cent. per an
mum will be assumed.
LOCATION OF PLANT.
The. intakes and the condnits leading
| therefron to the City must be wholly
within the State of New Jersey.
| WORK MUST BE INDEPENDENT.
The water works must be so construct
! ed that they may be used and operatea
| to supply Jersey City exclusively. and
| the contractor must agree TO furnish no
/ water therefrom to amy consumer OF Jer-
- TIME TO COMPLETE.
! The contractor will be allowed two
years and six months from the date Of
contract to complete the work and fur-
nish the water specified.
| For every days delay beyond the term
| of contract. the contractor shall pay the
| City Of Jersey City the sum of five hum
| dred (500) dollars per day as liquidated
damages, and not by way of penalty.
| All tho time lost by reason of strikes,
/ accidents or others delays unavoidable or
| beyond the control of the contractor,
| siaaI, moi be computed as part of the time
| herein specified if the unavoidabllity of
| such delays is certified to by the Engineer
appointed by the City to superintend said
work
The CITY will agree to exert or exer-
| else such powers or rights in the matter
| OF condemnation or otherwise as ii now
| has or may hereafter acquire, and which
| may be advantageously used or exercised
| for the purposes of the contract in order
| to enable the use or acquisition of sucn
water and water rights and lands or
| OTHER property, for the right OF way,
| storage reservoirs and other works or
plant. as may be necessary to the proper
| and convenient construction and main
| terance of said system of watea works
| to supply Jersey City as aforesaid, said
rights of condemnat ton to be exercised
| IL the name of the City. but at the cost
| and expense of the contractor; and the
| contractor shall pay and hold the City
harmless of and from all cost. expenses,
| claims and demands of all persons by
| reason of the taking and acquiring for
| the purpose of the proposed contract Of
all lands. water, water rights ana other
! property. The City will also agree to ex-
! ercise on demand of the contractor, I'LL
| its legal powers to prevent pollution of
4 waters tributary to the proposed works,
| but all expenses attendant upon the pre-
vention of such pollution shall be borne
/! by the contractor.
| USE OF CITY LAND AND STREET. 5.
/ The City will, so far as it has legal
power, permit the contractor to use such
! lands as it may now own or control IS
| may be necessary for the purpose of lay
| ing and maintaining the proposed con-
| dut from Passaic River to the reser-
| voirs at Jersey City Heights.
| The contractor, In constructing the
4 works required and necessary TO be Eullt
under the contract, shall have the right
\ to lay pipes through the streets, avenues
| and lards o f the City, public parks ex-
| copied; provided, however. that such con-
| structlon through such streets. avenues
! and lands shall be made under the direc-
tion of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners and shall not interfere
/ with or injure other constructions OF
works made therein; and that the con-
4 tractor shall, at his own cost and eX-
/ pense, Immediately fill up all excavations
| and relay any pavement or sidewalk re-
| moved and leave such streets, avenues
! and lands in as good condition after such
pipes arc laid therein as they were be-
fore such work was commenced.
INSPECTION.
The Engineer shall have the right tc
| inspect and test the character of tre
! work performed and the material used IN
concentrating fha water works and the