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Show Tiik Times erred yesterday in saying that the contract bond of Drliois was fixed in the sum of $."i00. This sum represents merely the umount of the eti'lified check tiled with the bid. Hut the main fact that the lowest bid bears the earmarks of a straw hid, never intended in-tended to ho fulfilled, remains unimpaired. unim-paired. Di Hois will never build the conduit, lie simply acts, we believe, as the catspaw fur another contractor who will see to it that the J.TK) are not forfeited. And ween ) I'ois drops out the board will lie required to become either a participant in the fraud by awarding the contract to the nest lowest bidder who may be tho ally of III; liois, or else betrin anew ami advertise again for bids. Kvery day tlid board is drifting deeper into darkest Africa. |