The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-13

the contractor must agree to furnish no
water therefrom 70 any consumer OF Jer-
TIME TO COMPLETE.
The contractor VIII be allowed two
years and six months from the date OF
CONTRACT to complete the work and fur-
itsh the water specified.
For every days delay beyond the term
Of contract. the contractor shall pay she
City OF Jersey City the sum of five I'M
dred ta06) dollars per day as liquidated
All the time lost by reason of strikes,
accidents or other delays unavoidable or
beyond the control of the contractor,
shall not be computed as part of the
tine herein specified, if the unavoidable
Ity of such delays is certified to by the
Engineer appointed by the City to super
intend said work.
RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
The city will agree to exert or exer-
else such powers or rights in the matter
or condemnation or otherwise as it now
may be advantageously used or exercised
for the purposes of the contract, in order
TO enable the use or acquisition of such
water and water rights and lands or
storage reservoirs and other works or
plant, as may be necessary to the proper
and convenient construction and main
tenance OF said system OF water works
to uDply Jersey City as aforesaid said
rights of condemnation 10 be exercised
in the name of the City. but at the cost
III NAPsAlSG VI the CUillEdGtOIp dl0 IN
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 and other
property. The City will also agree to ex-
ercise, on demand of the contractor, all
It's legal powers to prevent pollution OF
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 LANDS AND STREETS.
The City will, SO far as 1t has legal
power, permit the contractor to use such
lands as 1t may now own or control as
ing and maintaining the proposed con-
duit from Passaic River to the reser-
voirs at Jersey City Heights.
The contractor, in constructing the
works required and necessary to be built
under the contract, shall have the right
to lay pipes through the streets, avenues
and lands of the City, public parks ex-
| cepted; provided, however, that such con-
struction through such streets, avenues
and lands shall be made under the direc-
tions of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners, and shall not interfere
with or fnjure other constructions or
works made therein; and that the con-
tractor shall. at his, own cost and ex-
pense, Immediately I'LL 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 are laid therein as they were be-
fore such work was commenced.
INSPECTION.
! The Engineer shall have the right to
| inspect and test the character of the
work performed and the material used in
constructing the water works, and the
| contractor shall afford said Engineer rea-
sonable facility for making such tests
and inspection. Defective work and ma
terial may be condemned by the Eng
neer at any time before the final ac-
ceptance of the work; and when such
work has been condemned it shall be
Immediately taken down and rebuilt in
accordance with the plans and specifica-
tons. When defective material mas been
condemned it shall be at once removed
from the work and disposed OF to the
1 satisfaction of the Engineer.
Copies of all plans and working draw
ingS prepared by the contractor for use
on the work shall be filed with the En-
gineer before such plans and drawings
shall be used in construction. II such
plans and drawings do not conform to
the specifications they may be rejected
by the Engineer, and after such rejection
they shall not be used on construction.
The. contractor shall be served with a
written notice from the Engineer to re-
place or remove any rejected work or
material or any Work aa 81 mate on
the final test of the water works,
or in their use and operation
prior to the purchase thereof by the City.
which notice shall designate a reasonable
time for the completion of such replace
ment or removal, and if the contractor
shall neglect or refuse to obey such notice,
then the City will replace or remove the
same at the expense of the contractor.
The final test of the works will be the
turning on of the water and its delivery
in the specified amount to the City.
| Under this test the works must be free
from leaks and 1mperfections and must
prove themselves efficient, seryiceable and
durable for the urpos intended.
All parts of the work exposed to the eye
shall be of neat and workmanlike appear
ance, without unnecessary ornamentation.
and shall be of thorough, proper and
/ Workmanlike construction, Sound, Sold
and sufficient.
The specifications are intended to SCI
cure first class material and workman
| ship throughout. Any workmanship or
| material not mentioned or described,
which may be necessary to make the
works to be constructed complete, and in
| all respects of the best quality and efl-
! cheney. shall be furnished and performed
by the contractor as fully and thoroughly
as if the full details and specifications
therefor had been given herein.
MAINTENANCE.
The contractor shall maintain the wates
works in good condition and thorough re-
| pair so long as the City shall purchase
ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT.
r. If the Engineer shall certify that tina
contractor has abandoned the work to
be done under the contract, or that said
work is being unnecessarily or unreaSon-
ably delayed, or that the contractor Is
wilfully violating any of the terms, cove
nants and agreements of the contract, or
is not executing this contract in good
faith, or is not making such progress as
to indicate its completion within the re-
| quired time, then the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners shall AVE the
| power and right to notify he contractor
to discontinue all work or any part there's
of under this contract, and apo such
| notification said contractor shall discon-
| tiuuA said work, or such parts thereof as
| said Board may designate; and said Board
| shall thereupon have the power to relet
the work, or any part thereof, to
complete the same at the cost and ex-
| pense of the contractor: and the expense
so charged shall be deducted and paid
by said Board out of such money as may
be due, or become due at any time there's
after. to said contractor under this con-
tract or any part thereof. In case such
expense is less than the sum which would
have been payable under this contract if
the same had been completed by said
! contractor. it is agreed that said con-
! tractor shall be entitled to receive the
exceed the sun which would have been
payable under this contract if the same
had been completed by said contractor.
then said contractor shall pay the amount
| Of such excess to said City, on notice
from said Board of the excess so due.
UNPAID CLAIMS.
The contractor shall pay punctually all
constructing the water works, and the
persons who shall furnish material there
| FOR. and shall furnish the Board Of Street
| and Water Commissioners with evidence
satisfactory to said Board that all persons
VINO nave lone work or furnished mater
any account of such claims with said
| pnard have been fully naid. or are not