The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-05

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"a new supply of water to Jersey City,
New Jersey, and produce the results re-
quired in Plan A and the specifications
preceding, attached to and made a part
of this proposal, for the following
prices:-
For each million gallons of water fur
nished up to twenty (2O million gallons
daily, forty dollars ($40) per million gal
Ions.
For each million gallons in excess OF
twenty 900 million gallons daily up to
tWenty-fiye (25) million gallons daily,
thirty-eight dollars $685. per million gall
tons. !.
For each million gallons in excess or
twenty-five t25) million gallons daily up
TO thirty-fve (35) million gallons dally,
thirty-six dollars is36) per million gallons:
For each million gallons in excess OF
t~hirty-five (S5) million gallons daily up
to forty-ive 45). million gallons daily,
thirty dollars $500 per million gallons.
For each million gallons in excess OF
forty-ive AS million gallons daily up TO
the limit of capacity of the water works,
twenty dollars $500 per million gallons.
For the water works, water supply;
water rights, lands. rights of way and all
iappErtcnanees and easements necessary
to fulfill the requirements of these sspecl-
feations to the extent OF nifty t90) miHAon
| gallons of water daily forever, winch pur-
water works are completed h accepted
hereunder, provided that the City shall
give notice of it's intention to purchase
the sum of seven million one hundred
\ NtrtsiOOtR1n/. H
For the water works, water supply,
water rights, lands, rights OF way ana al
appuTfenahces and Lea easeme af sba neee snsciy.
fications to the extent OF nifty toV. m1lllon
gallons OF water qaliy IofeVsI, wIieL u
chase can be made by the City az the ex1
piration OF fYe (5. tensilU or nrteeh lIol
years from the date OF, contract; pro- of
vided that the CITY snali FIVE nuedev VI
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81 f,,rnish The f~o,iowino desrr;nfion Of the
works proposed to be built and the
@o,Irnas IF the s,,nniv nranosed to he fur
| nished.
Nota.Folloving any written matter
hereto annexed the bidder must sign name
in f1ll and Post Office address. In case
| an Individual signs for a corporation
proper authority must the
proposaI,
PATRICK H. FLYNN,
1889 Montague street,
Borough of Brooklyn,
New York, N. Y.
PLAN "A"
The following is the general description
of the plan and essential features for
| the water supply proposed by me at the
foregoing prices for Jersey City on Plan
"a under ii specifications of the city
| hereto annexed and in strict conformity
thereto:-
This supply of fifty million gallons of
pure and wholesome water daily IS to pc
taken from the Rockaway, water shed,
with the main intake located IN the ROCK
away River, at Old Boonton. as shown sa on
maps Nos. and 2, ~com mp, TINS pla,
of tifty-one acres, a maximum depth OF
| ninety feet at the dam, and seventy-hve
! per cent. of the area thereof will exceed
| eight feet in depth at the full water level;
it will have a capacity above the eHlu-
ent pipes of $50 million gallons; an eleva-
ton at the flow line of 800 feet above
| mean high tide. and the elevation of the
| effIuent pipe at this intake will be 800
| feet: it is marked Dam No. l." and
| shown on maps Nos 1 and 2. The dam
| will be of masonry, ninety feet in height,
CONS mnr nueted and EQUIPPED as required by
| he snecifeations.
There will be tributary to this intake
rosnrvc;r he whole hovy Of the RockaWay
p;,ar having a water shed or gathering
ero,1nd Of liz soliare miles. including the
SJe ~ The Tangwcod Valley: Green
Pond Pn, Denmark a Split Rock, Dixon's
5,oonndd' Is nthaa I'M NJ s+rear7s
1,a innsysnr area and extent of the
a me a.est gro,rds are shown on SAID
$50 Nas 80 ;
iiaps iSoa, ! ~ a. ,osarvoirs will he To-
Addtlona, s +bis gIs p 7 > Soliows -
ca AUBeaeh Glen Reservoir, located at
I,sacn I'LL ns y araa IF s5o scres an ele.
River, haVlnss ~ AREA = o9V = 80 81 a. nav
Nal,on a. TIE y ~ ~ ), f fae and - ner cent.
OF area mercer eHcesulls eisnl
in deIth at the fuli water level, a eapac1
lty OF AL, nl,ihoH saiichs u woSei I'll
feeding pipe. descrlpea WIN
lead into TINS reservoir from point ~
the Rockaway River about three mics
west of the reservoir, as SHOWN
on mape Nos. l and 2, thereby aug
merting the gathering gfounus haturaiy
tributary to this reservoir, so as to MAKE
tie whole gathering GROUNDS TRIBUTARY
thereto under this plan 90 l-1o square
miles. ;, srkes
The main dam for this reservoir markeG
Dam No.-2, and shown on maps NOS; !
and 2. will be of earth embankments with
concrete core, it will be thirty-one feet IN
height above foundation, and pc con
structed and equipped as required py the
specifications.
bankment. with concrete core, 1t VIII pc
nineteen feet in height above foundation
and be constructed and equipped as re-
quired by the specifications,
Auxiliary to the said feeder, in the
Rockaway River, a dam will. be construct
River, the crest whereof will be at an
elevation of 545 feet, the location thereof
is shown on maps Nos. l and 2, and
marked Dam Nc. A.
B-Dixon Lake Reservoir, located north
of the Rockaway River, with an area OF
above its present flow line; seventy-fve
per cent. of the area thereof will exceed
eight feet in depth at the full water level;
IF will have a water shed tributary there