The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-08
SPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUPPLY OF FL
TERED WATER o JERSEY
CJTy

The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
water based on this specification, at the office
OF the Board. at the, City Hall, Jersey City,
New Jersey. on the day
of 1898, at ten o'clock A. NJ.
HOW DELIVERED.
Inc water must be delivered into the pres
ent pumping intake of the Jersey City Water
Works, opposite Belleville, so that it will flow
% the present pump wells. At the screen
house in the intake, a bulkhead provided with
off and entirely exclude from the pump wells
any u%nfiltered Passaic River water. Such gate
reduce the capacity of the present intake for
passing pasa 5 Mater to the pump wells, and when
property of the City and shall be under the ex-
elusive control of the City. The contractor,
bulkhead in perfect order and condition.
OF Works
The capacity Of the fitering plant when first
constructed shall be 40 million gallons daily.
and it shall be increased from time to time so
as TO be at all times 20 per cent. in excess of
water by the City. The pumping plant vii be
operated by the city as near as possible at the
average rate of consumption for any given
month, but a variation of 20 per cent. from
that rate must be allowed for by the contractor
and the water must be delivered as needed
by the City within these limits.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The City reserves the right to reject any or
all bids made by virtue Of this Specification
Proposals will not be received after the time
fixed by the advertisement.
Proposals must be made on blank forms to
be obtained at the; office of the Chief Engineer.
when called for, to the Clerk Of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners. in a sealed
envelope, to be endorsed Proposals for Filtered
Prices must be stated in figures and writing.
Any proposal under this specification which
be deemed informal and rejected.
Bidders must submit and annex as a requisite
to their proposal such descriptions, plans and
rawlings as may De necessary to axe oIaar
the essential features of the works proposed to
be built, and must fully describe the method
by which they propose to purify the water
CERTIFIED CHEQUE TO ACCOMPANY RID.
AS an evidence of good faith each bidder viii
deposit one hundred thousand dollars in one or
the National Banks of Jersey City, or the New
Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company.
for the amount, payable to the order of the
Treasurer of Jersey City. On award of the
contract such eheque will be returned to I'M
successful bidders, and returned to the sue
contract, but will be forfeited by the sue
cessful bidder to the use of the City in case
the contract is not signed within ten DAYS AFT
ter it is ready for execution on part of said con-
tractor. Said cheque shall be in lieu of free
holder security.
BONDS.
The contractor must furnish a bond of five
hundred thousand dollars, the security to he
subject to approval according to law. for the
performance Of the contract up to the date of
which time and upon the delivery to the CITY
of the bond hereinafter provided for, this bond
is to be canCelleQ. upon the acceptance of Wa
ter under this contract, the contractor must
furnish a new bond for five hundred thousand
dollars for the faithful performance of the
contract throughout its period, which bond is
to be IN force SO long as the City shall pur-
chase water Of the contractor by the million
gallons. but will be cancelled on completion
of a purchase of the plant by the CITY.
FORM OF BOND.
The form of all bonds mentioned in this snao;.
fcation shall be approved by the Corporation
ou DRAWING OF CONTRACT.
a r-1,a CONTRACT to ca rrV into effect tLi. e,oa;
fication shall be prepared by the Corporation
Attorney, with the approval Of the Corporation
oouNseh TERN OF CONTRACT.
If a contract is entered into it will run for
unless sooner terminated by a purchase OF The
water works by the City, as herein provided
AMOUNT THE / T AGREES TO TAKE
The City will agree to take at least twenty
cos million gallons Of water per day, and to
take its whole supply of water from the con-
QUALITY OF WATER.
The water to be furnished shall be pure ana
wholesome for drinking and domestic purposes
The number of bacteria per cubic eentirneter
shah not exceed five hundred at any time. and
the average Of weekly determinations througb-
out the year shall not exceed one hundred and
The purified water shall not contain as a re-
s,IIt az such publication any chemical or COM
pound injurious to health, or which will attack
r render the Water unsuitable for The purposes oses
to which the City water is applied,
n All OdOT, Uf1 anu oAoPCitQcu impurities
shall be removed. In case the water delivered
Shall not be of the quality required by these
snacifcations, the contractor shall only be en-
titled to compensation at one-half the contract
prices so long as water deficient in quality
he delivered, and in case the water is not
restored to the quality required by these speci-
~fications within one week after notice has been
the quality is defective then the City may re-
fuse to make any Payments whatever for wa
ter delivered by the contractor thereafter UNI
iii the water shall be restored to contract pur-
itv. In case the contractor shall at any time
be unable to deliver enough water to supply
the City's needs. thep the City may Immediately
and without not,ce obtain an additional sup
ply needed directly from the Passaic River
t sa@sTas i y 9 Mass snta may s 6 ff faRen ot s. the senF sity
fer inspection or ANALYSIS At the point where
ent intake of the Jersey City Water Works,
and the contractor shall provide proper facili-
ties for the takfrg Of such samples.
HOW TO BID.
Bidders must state a price per million gall
Ions for all water furnished up to a limit of
20 million gallons daily.
Bidders must also state q price for which