The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-13

Ions for a supply of twenty-five million gal
Ions daily; a price per million gallons for all
in excess of twenty-five million gallons daily
up 70 thirty million gallons daily; a price per
million gallons for all in excess OF thirty mill
ion gallons daily up to thirty-hve million gall
Ions daily; Il price per million gallons for all
il excess Of thirty-ave million gallons daily up
TO ~fc-ty-hye million gallons daily. and a price
per million gallons for ali in excess Of forty
i've million gallons daily up TO the limit Of
Bidders must also state g price for which
| the City can buy and own the water works
of a capacity OF fifty (5W million gallons ds&Fy
together with the water supply. water risA-s.
J easements necessary TO fulfil the requirements
Of the specification and to the extent Of seveE-
purchase to take effect on completion and ac-
ceptanee Of the works, if the City shall give
year after the date of contract.
Bidders must also state a price for which
Of a capacity Of fifty GO million gal
Ions daily, together with the water supply.
water rights, lands, reservoir sites, rights OF
way and all easements necessary TO fulfil the
requirements Of the specification and TO the
extent OF seventy t7O million gallons Of water
daily; said purchase to take effect at the eN-
piration of five, ten or fifteen years from the
date Of contract: but the City shall give no
tiee Of its intention to purchase one year In
advance of said purchase.
Bidders must also state a price for which
! the City can buy and own the water works,
water supply. water rights, lands. reservoir
sites. rights OF way and all appurtenances and
easements necessary TO fulfil the requirements
- eHS AMI ~ NHt 49,
f701 million gallons of water daily forever;
said purchase to take effect on completion and
give notice Of its intention to purchase within
one year after the date of contract. Bidders
must also state a price for which the City can
. buy and own the water works, water supply.
water rights. lands, reservoir sites, rights OF
necessary to fulfill the requirements of the
specification. and to the extent of seventy C7l
million gallons Of water daily forever said
purchase TO take effect at the expiration OF nve'
ten or fifteen years from the date of contract,
but the City shall give notice of its intention
to purchase one year in advance Of such pur-
HOW BIDS WILL BE COMPARED.
As a basis for comparing the prices per mil
lion gallons an initial consumption of twen.y-
five million gallons daily. increasing at the rate
of three per cent. per annum will be assumed.
LOCATION OF LAND.
The intakes and the conduits leading there
from to the City must be wholly within the
woRK s Re INDEPENDENT.
The water works must be so constructed that
they may be used and operated to supply Jer-
sey City exclusively, and the contractor must
consumer Of Jersey City water.
TINE TO COMPLETE.
The contractor VIII be allowed two years and
six months from the date Of contract to com
piete the work and furnish the water specified
For every days delay beyond the term OF
contract. the contractor shall pay the City OF
Jersey City the sum OF five hundred dollars
S50o) per day as hquidated damages. and not
by way of penalty.
All the time lost by reason of strikes. acct
dents or other delays, unavoidable or beyond
the control OF the contractor, shall not be
computed as part OF the time herein specified.
if the unavoidability Of such delays is certi-
fed to by the Engineer appointed by the City
TO superintend said wcrk.
THE BIDDER MUST INFORM HIMSELF.
Each bidder must fully and carefully exam-
inc the specifications.
Each bidder thereby admits that he has read
and fully understands the meaning of each
and every clause of the specifications. and
that he Will comply with all the terms Of the
same.
NOTE.-Bidders must sign name in full and
postoffiee address. In case an individual signs
for a corporation. proper authority must ac-
company the proposal
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section z, Nhapter 1S4. OF the Laws OF
1891. under the terms whereof no contract shall
he binding upon the City or become effective
or operative until the bonds offered by the
contractor have been approved as to sufficiency
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board hav-
ing the power to examine the proposed bcnds-
men under oath.
For specifications in fun see Jersey City
News Of July 14th and August 4th. 1898. or
comics Of specifications may he had on APP
plicasion to the Clerk OF the Board Of Street
and Water Commissioners
By order Of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners. ov-ro~r
Dated Jersey city. July "A. 1893,