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Show The ll.Htrift lurcMiKiiliuii. j Washington, 220. Engineer Clus-i in the District investigation, continued con-tinued his testimony. The witness said tho contracts were mado ami vouchers given without his assent or opinion being asked. Shepherd gave Ocrtly instructions lo measure lor the j contract business, which propery be- ! longed to the witness. Hie. businoKs 1 ' of tho board was conducted in a very slack manner; for fouiteen months but eight meetings were held. Tlic accounts were kept in an unhuMiucss-like unhuMiucss-like way. Shepherd awarded the contracts con-tracts nominally with consent of the loanl really without consulting them, i Overcharges were numerous and ex-( ex-( orbitant estimates were made by Oertley from incorrect maps or otherwise, other-wise, and not from menj-iircmeiits, und were very incorrect. The grail-. grail-. ing was done in uninhabitable clreels without consulting the witness. Shepherd Shep-herd hail appointed 11U ftuipcrinlend-cnts ftuipcrinlend-cnts and tln-ir work could be done by seventy. Witness will fc recidhil to-i to-i morrow, |