The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-24
Certified Checks Of 800, 900
Each Returned to the
Bidders.
PREPARING FOR new SPECIFICATIONS
Only Three Contractors Will
Send in Bids--No Experts
Will Be Engaged
by the City.

The certified checks for 100000 which
were deposited with the city on February
% last by O'Brien, Sheehan, Mclean a
Rogers, Rockaway and Hudson WateE
Company, George B. Inman Construction
Company and r H. Flynn, with thels
respective bids for the furnishing 6f i
new supply of water, were returned this
morning.
The rejection of the bids caused the
supporters of P. H. Flynn to feel gloomy.
Colonel Inman is happy however and
says he will surely get the contract on tha
next bidding. The East Jersey Company
is preparing to submit a bid and SO IL
P. H. Flynn. O'Brien. Sheehan, Mclean
& Rogers will not bid again, and it is re-
ported that the Rockaway and Hudson
people are so glad they escaped an award
this time that they will not bid again.
The outlook is then that Flynn, Inman
and the East Jersey Water Company will
fight it out for the contract. Every official
save Street and Water Commissioners
Boltwood is pleased that the bids wera
rejected. They believe the city will re-
ceive more advantageous propositions this
time than ever before
That Mayor Hoos was not particularly
opposed to the rejection of the bids was
demonstrated by the fact thai he lost
no time in signing the resolution of re-
lection and approving one which sends
old specifications to the Committee of the
Whole for curtailment and amendment.
In the preparation of the new speci-
heations no expert engineers will be ems
be solicited The old specifications viii
be closely followed. Such changes as are
made will be in compliance with recon-
mendations from Mayor Hoos. One thing
the Mayor has already demanded is that
a supply of only one kind be advertised
for That is, one having a capacity of
so, 900. .GG0 gallons a day. 1t must also be
provided by the contractor that he place
at the city's disposal a watershed capa-
BILE of delivering 70.000000 gallons a day,
when occasion requires. The CONTRACTORS
must also procure a sufficient right or
way for the laying OF main which Will
have a carrying capacity of at least, 20,-
000, GOO gallons day. The city will there
fore have one main of 10000, 900 gallons
for a second one which will place it be-
yond the fear of ever being placed in an
embarrassing position by any corporation
claiming water rights in the Roekaway
watershed.
A detect in the old specifications which
is to be remedied is to fix a standard or
purity al which the water must be main
tanned. Precaution is to- be taken also 10
make it incumbent upon the contractor 10
protect the sources. of supply from the
possibilities of contamination in the fu-
ture.
1t is understood that the specifications
will be revised under the supervision OF
Clerk George T. Bouton.
Il have not heard that l am to assist
in amending the specifications said Mr.
Bouton this morning. but if l am ths
public may rest assured that the citys
interests will be fully guarded and that
nothing will be embodied which will give
one bidder the slightest advantage oveH
the other. l have studied the water
question, and feel that | am qualified to-
draft specifications which will in. every
sense be satisfactory to everyone"
The Street and Water Commissioners
will meet on Monday and go over the old
| specifications. Every Objectionable fea-
ture will be eliminated. Before bein8
adopted by the Board the specifications
will be submitted to the Mayor If HIS
Honor has any recommendations to make
they will be embodied. AS soon as the
documents are in proper shape they VIII
be adopted and sent to the Mayor for his
approval. 1t is expected to be able 10
adopt the new specifications at nezs
Wednesdays regular meeting
AT that meeting resolution Will also
be passed directing the clerk to read
vertise for proposals AS that requires
the expenditure of money the concur
renee of the Board of Finance is neces-
sary. Unless some unforeseen nitcn arises
the officials say water contract will
have been made by October next.