The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

streets. avenues and lands shall be made un.
der the directions of the Board OF strssa ana
Wafer Commissioners, and shall not Interfere
with or injure other constructions or WORKS
made therein; and that the contractor snail,
at his own cost and expense, immeuiatrls M
up all excavations and relay any pavement Y
sidewalk removed and leave such streets, ave
rues and lands in as good condition af.ep s, y
pipes are laid therein as they were before sueh
work was commenced.
* The Engineer shall have the right to i.nspees
and test the character of the work performea
ard the material used in constructing the
water works, and the contractor shaU alIoru
said Engineer reasonable facility Tor mdhtis
such tests and inspection. Defective VOTE an
material may be condemned ey the rhsliee
at any time. before the final acceptance o.
the Work; and when such work has been eus,,
and rebuilt In accordance with the plans ana
Specifications. When defective mater,as n q
been condemned 1t shall be at once fe1hsrsu
from the work and disposed of to the saesiae
tion of the Engineer. o.n
Copies Of all plans and working y Ire
prepared by the contractor Tor use ~
work shah be filed with the Engineer osioie
such plans and drawings shall be nseu ~ ~
not conform to the Specifications they may be
rejected by the Engineer, and after sucn re-
lection they shall not be used on
The contractor shall be served with a writ
ten notice from the Engineer to replace or re-
move any rejected work or material or any
work or material which may prove aeiestife
on the final test of the water Worhs, Il sa
thereof Nv the Civ. which notice shall desig.
nate a reasonable time for the complexion OF
such replacement or removal, and II the cons
tractor shall neglect or refuse to obey sucn
notice, then the City will replace or 81 erio
the same at the expense of the coneraceoi.
The final test of the works will be the turn-
ing on of the water and ITS deiveiy ~ . es
the works must be free from leaks and lnapet-
f~ections and must prove themselves enleiem.
servieeables and durable for the purpose !"
All parts of the work exposed to the eye
shall be of neat and ~workmanlike appearahce;;
without unnecessary prnanentation anu snai
he of Thorough; proper and ~workmanlike cons
struction. sound, solid and sufficient.
The specifications are intended to secure MS
class material ana workmanship throughout;
Any workmanship or material not menllonso
or described which may be neeessarS : and io
all respects of the best quality ana einciency,
shall be furnished and performed py : me me o fuil
details and specifications therefor llaa peeh
/ given herein.
The contractor shall maintain tht Waler
works in good condition and thorough repair
so long as the City shall purchase water hefs
ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT.
If the Engineer shall certify that me CON
tractor has abandoned the work to pc zone
under the contract, or that said work is be-
ing unnecessarily or unreasonably delayeo' %
that the contractor is wilfully yiolatlhg any
of the terms. covenants and agreements of the
contract, or is not executing. TINS contIact ~
good faith, or is not making such progress as
70 indicate its completion within the required
time, then the Board of street ana 49,
Commissioners shall have the power ana rigni
to notify the contractor to discontinue az
work or any part thereof under TINS eohtracs,
and upon such notification said eontractor
thereof as said Board may designate; anu sala
Board shall thereupon have the power 70 :
let the work, or any part thereof, andlo COM
nlete the same at the cost and expense of the
contractor; and the expense soNcharseo sha =
be deducted and paid by SAID boaru a 9ae a.
such money as may be due, or become oue a.
any time thereafter, to said contractor unael
this contract or any part thereof. IN ns LIE
such expense is less than the sum Will
wnt1ld have been payable under this contract
if the same had been completed by salo conI
tractor, it Is agreed that said contractor shan
he entitled to receive the difference; and IN
case such expense shall exceed the sum Whlcn
would have been payable unaeE TINS aid ean-
/ tractor then said contractor shall pay me
amount of such excesssto said CITY, n on hotice
from said Board of the excess SO due
UNPAID CLAIMS.
The contractor shall pay punctually al tne
inr the water works. and the persons who
shall furnish material therefor, ana shail y
nish the Board OF Street ana Wafer = said
sioners with evidence satisfactory 70 saio
BOARD that all persons who have done WORK
or furnished materials under, this contract any
have filed any account of such claims Win sanu
+ Boar have been fully paid, or are MOI en-
] titled to any lien under the laws OF TINS stare;
In case such evidence pe not furnished, said
Roard@ may Withhold such amount as 1t may
I deem necessary TO meet the lawful cams o.
the persons aforesaid, from inc , on sr uebb
ms nave been discharged, and until evil
ience thereof is furnished said Board. II
e,,rb evidence is not furnished when the maj
SUI asrnent under the contract shall become due
then the Board may pay such CLAIMS 70 ne
person claiming the h same nontr anf Who shall shat
accept the same. as payment 10 the amount
thereof upon this .]cSnt Tap nAmAGEs
The contractor shall put up and MAINTAIN
such barriers and red lights as VIII enecsu az
~ ples For which the City might be liable, and
he shall be liable for all damages oecasioned
in any way by ms acts or ,g negleass = 'Aa'
Q ms IsE OF PATENTED DEVICES.
All fees for any patented invention, ar,ie ar
in any manner connected with the censtruc-
ton erection or maintenance Of the work. or
lions shall be included in the price mention,
ed in the contract, and the contractor snail
protect and hold harmless the city agarns. anS
and all demands for such fees or CLAIMS, ana
before the final payment OF settlement IS mace
on account of the contract. the eonerae1os
satisfactorv release from all such claims.
ss THE BIDDER MUST INFoRM HIMSELF.
Fach bidder must fully and carefully ex-
ansina tbe specifications and in case he does
moi fully understand them inquiry must pc
anade of the englnef gT a 9aomiseio ny II to re
mare these specifications. and their lnterpre-
tation thereof shall be final. Each piaaer
bareunder hereby admits that he has read ana
f,,i,v understands the meaning of each and
every clause of the specifications, ana that ne
vii W. ga en- tGyoM Nss 7 THE CONTRACT.
Tba advertisement. the specifications, the
s.eantad proposals and all maps, plans ana
dra wings accompanying, attached TO or De-
scribed therein, the specific contract ana lhe
Contractors bond are to be considered essen
I'd MEANING OF CITY.
whenever the word City is used herein ref
aranre IS made to the Mayor and Aldermen
of Jersey City Sf IN me on Tsa1s e NgM Re's
Whenever the word Engineer is used refer-
enoe is made ito the Engineer appointed by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
~ the CITY of Jersey City, New Jersey. to
xyarks or to his authorized assistants.
MEANING OF CONTRACTOR.
Whenever the word contractor is used REFER
ence is made to the person or persons or cor
Furnish the materials provided for under these
spee SPECIFICATIONS.
GATHERING GROUNDS.
The drainage area or catchment from Wnlch
tho suuulv is derived must have sucn an area
thst fhe maximum quantity of water called
for may be obtained without exceeding a draft
If Sss' 900 gallons for each square mile of
catchment.
Tra available storage capacity of the reser-
voirs viii be taken to be the capacity Pc
tween the level of the waste weir and the
lowest level to which the reservoir can pc
dra wn through its effluent pipes; but II this
lons FOR each square mile of drainage area
.rih,,tarv 10 said reservoir, then the available
ar e~ffecfiye capacity of said reservoir will be
taken at It's million gallons for each square
motive storage so determined must be equal
~ that given in the following table. In this
tsbie the area of ~catchment or drainage area
being given in the first column, the GORE