Show MAYOR EFFECTS REFORM I City Will Hereafter Purchase Its Supplies on Competitive Bid Bidding Bidding ding System The city in the future will purchase its supplies on a competitive bidding system For several years ears past the heads of departments have been purchasing supplies from any firm they desired and as a result the cost in many cases has been most excessive No attempt has been made to secure prices from other firms and all supplies have been bought at the highest market price Mayor Bransford Is said to have sug suggested suggested suggested the new ne system and informed the special sp auditors to work it out This they have done and at the meet meeting meeting meeting ing of f the council Monday evening an ordinance will wUl probably be introduced covering the question The old system was as follows A head of a department desiring sup supplies supplies supplies plies made out a requisition for the same enumerating each item and had hadit hadIt it approved by the council Then he h went to a favorite Store purchased the tho goods at any old price an aril anU J the thc city footed the bills Under the new system when supplies are are desired the heads of departments must send a list of the thc goods wanted to several firms i and solicit quotations on them When these lists arc are secured the lowest quo quotations qu a are accented accepted and the count coun 1 l requested to authorize the purchase Forms for this new system were w e re rev received received b city auditor yesterday |