The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-08
WATER QUERIES
Street and Water Board
Wants to Know Where
the City Is At.
IF THE CONTRACT FELL THROUGH
Legal Aspects Of Completion
OF the Work by the City
and Temporary Supply.


At the last meeting of the Street and
Water Board the following resolution per-
tanning to the new water supply contract
was passed.
Resolved, That the Corporation Counsel
be and is hereby requested to submit to
this Board, at his earliest convenience, an
opinion on the new water works matters
as follows
1st-As to the legal ability of the city
to complete and pay for the said works
in case of default by tho contractor.
2d-The effect of mortgage on the own
ership of works when completed If the
works are completed by the city as re-
suit of such default
9d-The East Jersey Water Company
having served notice on the city that in
October 1902, said company would cease
to supply the city with water under the
present temporary contract, what re-
course, if any, beyond the nquidated dam
age of $500 per day for non-completion
could be had against the contractor now
engaged in building the new water works.
4th-If through inability to complete the
water works by the time stipulated, the
contractor shall endeavor to provide in
the interum supply of water derived
from a source other than that contracted
for will the city be compelled to accept
and pay for same on million gallon
basis, or does the power remain with the
city to demand and enforce the entering
into of new agreement for payment
therefor?
5th-The city, when the contract was
awarded, averaged daily consumption
of 30 million gallons and having foreseen
per cent. annual increase in said con-
sumption and the contract providing for
an initial capacity of SO million gallons
daily in excess of it's probable require
ments, would the city, during the entire
period of delay and until the said works
have been completed. have the legal and
equitable right to insist that, for over and
above fair approximate gallonage (based
on the figures above quoted and on time
fixed in contract for completion of the
works. any further requirements of the
city for water to be used for any purpose
whatsoever, or sold, should up to SO mill
ion gallons per day be furnished by the
contractor or his agents gratis, notifi-
cation to him or them by the proper Off
cial authority that such requirement ex-
ists being sufficient evidence thereof?
The Board also confirmed the final as
sessment map for the Improvement Of
Foye place and for the Improvement of
Sip avenue 1t was decided to proceed
with the Jewett avenue improvement;
also to proceed with the construction of
a sewer in Newkirk street, Baldwin ave-
nue., Academy street, Wayne street, Free
mont street. and again in Wayne street,
from Cornelison avenue to Summit ave-
nue-all one system; also to proceed with
the Improvement of Van ,Reipen avenue.
The Board accepted as complete the con-
tract for the improvement of Sherman
avenue and for the improvement of Cliff
street.
The clerk was directed to compel the
Western Union Telegraph Company to re-
move one of its poles from the corner of
Bergen avenue and Montgomery street,
on the ground that the company had not
secured permission, of the interested prop
erty owners.