The Jersey City news., 1898-07-30
TIE JERSEY CITY NEWS, SATURDAY. july 80. 1898

frst class material and Workmanship
throughout. Any workmanship or mater
! ial not mentioned or described, which may
1 be necessary to make the works 10 Re
4 constructed complete and i'll all respects
of the best quality and efficiency shaA
! tractor as fully and thoroughly as If the
full details and specifications therefor had
been given herein; 5l4,,,,>7 .+nre,1z
The contractor shall maintain the water
/ works in good condition and thorough re-
pair SO long as the City shall purchase
!" AIsANDoNMENT AZ OF CONTRACT.
If the Engineer shall certify that the
1 contractor has abandoned the work to
I be done under the contract, or that sald
| 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 nave the
power and right to notify the contractor
to discontinue all work or any part there-
| of under this contract, and upon such
/ notification said contractor shall dlscon-
! tnue said work, or such pants theTeoI as
| said Board may designate, and sald BOARD
/ shall thereupon have the power 70 Teaet
/ the work, or any part thereof and TO
! complete the same at the cost ana ex-.
! pense of the contractor; and the expense
/ so charged shall be deducted and PAID
/ by said Beard out of such money as may
be due. or become due at any time there
! after to said contractor under this con-
/ tract or any part thereof. In case such
expense is less than The sum which would
1 the same had been completed by said con-
| tractor it is agreed that said con-
tractor shall be entitled to receive the diI,
/ ference; and in case such expense snan
4 exceed the sum which would have been
payable under this contract IT the same
/ had been completed by said contractor,
then said % cohtractoF sh3l ma c1g pay on no l5e
! tice from said Board OF the excess SO
! due.
The contractor shall pay punctually all
/ the workmen who shall be employed in
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
who have done work or furnished Mater
| ials under this contract and have filed
any account of such claims with SAID
Board, have been fully paid, or are not
entitled to any lien under the laws OF TINS
! State. In case such evidence be not fur-
nished, said Board may Withhold such
1 amount as 1t may deem necessary 10
| meet the lawful claims OF the persons
aforesaid, from the monies due tine cen
4 tractor under this contract until such ma
/ bilities have been discharged. ana untll
/ evidence thereof is furnished said Board.
/ If such evidence is not furnished When
! the final payment under the contract shaiI
! become due then the Board may pay sucn
| claims to the persons claiming the same
| and charge the amount thus paid to the
i contractor who shall accept the same as
! payment to the amount thereof upon this
/ contract.
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
The contractor shall put up and mann
tain such barriers and red lights as VIII
effectually prevent any accident IN con
/ sequence of his work, for which the City
might be liable. and he shall be liable for
! all damages occasioned in any way by
/ his acts or neglect, or that of his agents,
USE OF PATENTED DEVICES
1 All fees for any patented invention, ar
/ ticle or arrangements that may be used
| upon or in any manner connected with
/ the construction, erection or maintenance
| of the work, or any part thereof emprac-
/ ed in these specifications, Shall be m
4 cluded in the price mentioned In the con-
! tract and the contractor shall protect
! and hold harmless the City against any
| and all demands for such fees or claims,
| and before the final payment or settle
| rnent is made on account Of the confract,
/ the contractor must furnish acceptable
proof of a proper ands satisfactory release
| from all such claims.
/ THE BIDDER MUST INFORM HIM
4 SELF.
Each bidder must fully and carefully
examine the specifications. Each bidder
hereunder hereby admits that he mas
! read and fully understands the meaning
of each and every clause of the speelfi,,
| cations, and that he will comply with all
| the terms of the same.
| WHAT CONSTITUTES THE con-
TRACT.
/ The advertisement the specifications,
the accepted proposals and all maps,
/ plans and drawings accompanying. at
| tached to or described therein, the speelflc
] contract and the contractors bond are to
be considered essential portions of the
eonnp'e'e MEANING NE OF CITY.
Whenever the word City is used herein
i reference is made to the Mayor and al.
/ dermen of Jersey City, in the state OF
-" MEANING OF ENGINEER.
] Whenever the word Engineer is used
| reference is made to an Engineer to be
appointed by the Board of Street ana
/ sey City New Jersey to superintend the
| construction Of the water works. or to
| his authorized assistants.
! MEANING OF CONTRACTOR.
/ Whenever the word contractor Is used
/ reference is made to the person or per-
| sons or corporation contracting to per-
form the work or furnish the materials
| provided for under these speclfeationS.
SPECIFICATIONS.
! GATHERING GROUNDS.
The drainage area or catchment from
such an area that the maximum quantity
of water called for may be obtained
without exceeding a draft of $4,000 gal
Ions for each square mile of catchment.
STORAGE CAPACITY.
The available storage capacity of the
reservoirs will be taken to be the capacity
+
! the lowest level to which the reservoir
/ can be drawn through its effluent pipes;
| but if this storage capacity shall exceed
| 175 million gallons for each square mile
of drainage area tributary to said reser-
voir then the available or effective ca
! pacity of said reservoir will be taken at
175 million gallons for each square mile
of said drainage area. The amount of eff
] fective storage so determined must be
equal to that given in the following table.
| In this table the area of catchment or
! drainage area being given in the first
column the corresponding storage caDac-
fly to be required for draft of 50000.0O0
gallons daily will be found on the same
line in the second column and for draft
of 70,000000 gallons daily. in the third COLI
| llmn of the table. In case the area of
catchment is not given in the table. then
the required storage capacity must be de-
! termined by Interpolation
TABLE.
! Storage Required in Million
/ Gallons for the Given
Number Daily Draught.
of square Draught Draught
miles of 50.Million 20 Million
catchment. Gallons Daily. Gallons Daily
rs $3.50
so 9,44S
90 SS38
100 $500
Jos S.022 1850
125 1900 2.450
$50 $3.50 II 070
800 1880 4740
200 3,770 $3.50
400 50Q 2440