Show CITY eln INSTRUCTED ON New Purchasing Plan Will Go Into Effect Monday Twenty department chief chic clerks clerIcs and other city employee charged chars J with tho ho dut duty of or providing supplies and equipment for various arlous departments departments departments depart depart- ments met Satur Saturday 3 with Ith CIl City Auditor Auditor Au Au- Samuel F F. NIcholls Rn and CIt City Purchasing Agent Arthur Lowe to hear icar explained a a. new system of ot keepIng accounts and makin making pur pur- chases Tho The n new system which it ha has been e estimated by Mr 11 Nicholls will g. g e the taxpayers about annually annually an- an lually in merchandise dl discounts will l go e Into operation Monda Monday It Ii will give a a. more comprehensive e an and complete record of or city accounts enabling department heads to spent spend within their annual budgets According to Mr 11 Nicholls the enire entire en- en tire ire system Is built around the theory theory the thc ory of oC encumbering all bud budget et balances balances bal hal ances nt at the time purchases are made and not at the time the purchases purchases purchases pur pur- chases are paid for This and the feature which compels compel all departments departments departments depart depart- ments to allow the tho purchasing agent to do 10 all nIl buying for fOl city departments departments departments depart depart- ments are aro the most desirable elements elements ele ele- dc- dc ments meats of ot the new s system Mr r. r Nicholls Nich- Nich ich- ich oils said The fhe system will make It Jt possible for 01 or all merchants selling selling- supplies to o the city to receive e pa pay for the supplies within a n. much shorter time Imo than has been possible heretofore hereto- hereto fore rore ore declared declare Mr Nicholls Upon this his feature of oC the new system Mr fr Nicholls relies relics to obtain discounts for or supplies sold tho the city |