The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-29
SPECIFICATIONS o A SUPPLY OF FL
TERED WATER FOR JERSEY

The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, by
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners,
will receive proposals for a supply of filtered
water based on this specification, at the office
New Jersey, on the day
of 1898, at ten O'Clock A. NJ.
HOW DELIVERED.
The water mustSbe delivered into the pres
ent pumping intake of the Jersey City Water
Works, opposite Belleville, so that it will flow
to the present pump wells. At the screen
house, in the intake, a bulkhead provided with
off and entirely exclude from the pump wells
any untiltered Passaic River water. Such gate
or gates shall be of such dimensions as not to
reduce the capacity of the present intake for
passing water to the pump wells, and when
property of the City and shall be under the ex-
elusive control of the City. The contractor,
however, must maintain such gate or gates and
bulkhead in perfect order, and condition.
CAPACITY OF
The capacity Of the altering 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
the greatest monthly average consumption of
water by the City. The pumping plant viii be
operated by the City as near as possible at the
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
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
The City reserves the right to reject any or
Proposals will not be received after the time
fixed by the advertisement.
proposals must De maze on Dlank fe.mS to
be obtained at the Office of the Chief Engineer,
and must be delivered in open meeting, and
when called for, to the Clerk Of the Board Of
envelope, to be endorsed Proposals for Filtered
Water for Jersey City. n. J."
Prices must be stated in figures and writing.
Any proposal under this specification which
does not comply with all its requirements will
be deemed informal and rejected.
Bidders must submit and annex as a requisite
to their proposal such descriptions, plans and
| drawings as may be necessary to make clear
tha essential features of the works rrnpnrad 70
be built, and must fully describe the method
by which they propose TO purify the water.
As an evidence of good faith each bidder viii
deposit one hundred thousand dollars in one of
the National Banks of Jersey City,-or the New
Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company,
and attach to his proposal a certified cheque
Treasurer of Jersey City. On award of the
contract such cheaue will be returned to- I'M
cessful bidder on signing and delivery of the
contract, but will be forfeited by the sue
esssfal BIZ bidder + to oot the Sense use Of 2f,t the City in case
ter it is ready for execution on part of said con-
tractor. Said cheque shall be in lieu of free
holder security.
The contractor must furnish a bond of five
hundred thousand dollars, the security to be
subject to approval according to law. for the
performance of the contract up to the date of
acceptance Of water supply Hereunder, at
| Of the bond hereinafter provided for, this bond
is to be cancelled. Upon the acceptance of wa
ter under CllSt CDIllIdtlp HI contractor must
furnish a new bond for five hundred thousand
dollars for the faithful performance Of the
TO be in force 80 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 speci-
| fcation shall be approved by the Corporation
eouns DRAWING OF CONTRACT
The contract to. carry into effect this speci-
| feation shall be prepared by the CORPORATION
A Aeaslpls with the approval of the Corporation
Counsel TERM 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 CITY AGREES TO TAKE.
The City will agree to take at least twenty
C2D million gallons Of water per day, and to
QUALITY OF WATER
The water to be furnished shall be pura and
wholesome for drinking and domestic purposes.
| The number OF bacteria per cubic centimeter
| the average of weekly determinations through
| out the year shall not exceed one hundred and
! fffy per cubic centimeter.
The purified water shall not contain as a re-
| sll1t Of such purifcati9n any chemical or COM
the water pipes, steam boilers, or otherwise
| render the water unsuitable for the purposes
10 which the City water is applied.
All odor. co.or and suspended impurities
| shall be removed. In case the water delivered
shall not be of the quailty required by these
| specifications, the contractor shall only be en-
titled to compensation at one-half the contract
shall be delivered, and in case the water is not
| restored to the quality required by these speci-
f~cations within one week after notice has been
| served upon the contractor by the City that
. fha quality is defective. then the City may re-
fuse to make any payments whatever for wa
Ter delivered by the contractor thereafter un-.
| til the water shall be restored to contract pur-
ity. In case the. contractor shall at any time
be unable to deliver enough water to supply
the Cftyfs needs. then the City may Immediately
pIy needed directly from the Passaic River
through It's old intake. or from other sources.
for inspection or analysis at the point where
the contractor delivers the water into the pres