Show mm ATTEMPT TO BREAK TELEPHONE MONOPOLY i NEW EW YORK Dec 12 Whether Whether or not the present telephone monopoly in inthe inthe inthe II the city of Now cw York is to continue unbroken un tiny broken ms may be decided soon oon b by Judge McLean cLenn tn in inthe the supreme court Action I in in the matter is revived b by the application tion of the New York Independent TelI Tel Tel- I II company for a l p peremptory writ of mandamus to compel Che be cit city to issue i ia I a permit to la lay ny a three three quarter quarter inch cable through Wall all street from V William street tret to Hanover street tret Upon tho the i t right to lay this cable practically rests the validity of th the in Independent lc company's company's com com- i pany's fra franchise chi c. c It is alleged alleged b by those opposing the Independent company's an s i plan that the company T was or nr organized ani zed to i conduct a 1 burglar alarm not a telephone tele tele- tele 1 phone service A decision in ill the case caseI I will gill bo lIe rendered shortly shorty i i |