The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-11
SPECIFICATIONS FOR A SUPPLY OF FIJI
TERED WATER FOR JERSEY
CITY.

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
HOW DELIVERED.
The water must be delivered into the pres
ent pumping intake of the Jersey City Water
Works, opposite Belleville, SO that it win flow
to the present pump wells. At the screen
house, in the intake, a bulkhead provided with
a gate or gates shall be erected so as to cut
off and entirely exclude from the pump wells
any u%nfiltered 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 ana condition.
OF WORKS
The capacity Of the Offering plant when first
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 win 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
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,
and must be delivered in open meeting, and
when called for, to the Clerk of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners, in a sealed
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
the essential features of the works proposed to
be built, and must fully describe the method
by which they propose to purify the water.
I CERTIFIED CHEQUE TO ACCOMPANY BID.
AS an evidence of good faith each bidder viii
dercsit one hundred thousand dollars in one of
Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company,
and attach to his proposal a certified cheque
for the amount, payable to the order of the
| contract such cheque will be returned to un-
| 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 ar
| 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
which time and upon the delivery to the City
Of the bond hereinafter provided for, this bond
is to be cancelled. 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 a. By the City.
The form of all bonds mentioned in this. speci-
fcation shall be approved by the Corporation
oouise DRAWING OF CONTRACT.
The contract to carry into effect this speci-
ncation shall be prepared by the Corporation
| Attorney, with the approval Of the Corporation
S TERM OF CONTRACT.
IF a contract is entered into it will run for
twenty-five years from the date of contract,
unless sooner terminated by a purchase of the
| water works by the City, as herein provided
ioaaMotJNT THE ITY AGREEs TO TAKE.
The city will agree to take at least twenty
take its whole supply of water from the con-
| tractor during the term of contract.
QUALITY OF WATER.
The water to be furnished shall be pure and
| wholesome for drinking and domestic purposes,
The number OF bacteria per cubic centimetsr
| shall not exceed five hundred at any time, ana
| the average OF weekly determinations through
out the year shall not exceed one hundred and
fifty per cubic centiraeter.
The purified water shall not contain as a re-
slit Of such publication any chemical or com
! pound injurious to health, or which will attack
| tbs water pipes, steam boilers, or otherwise
render the water unsuitable for the purposes
10 which the City, water is applied
All odor, coser and suspended impurities
| shall not be of the quality required by these
specifications, the contractor shall only be en-
titled to compensation at ~one-falf the contract
prices SO long as water deficient in quality
restnred to the quality required by these speci-
! fcatious within one week after notice has been