Show I 1 V V M am I 1 all W P W e 5 4 L 3 I 1 I 1 TRY government OWNERSHIP porto fargo graph an rn eaford reread Bs I 1 Veri ment in so Boel cat attoa the situation in porto RICO eteo promises to torce off this for or a time at least leas the experiment 0 of 2 federal ownership 0 ot f telegraph and telephone lines I 1 the war department now controls nil all lines in porto rico bico and in the evacuated section of cuba the latter how bow ever eter is looked u upon pon a as a merely transient in both places the lines are be ing repaired and the government is handling commercial messages after government matter the signal service in charge of this work says it is too soon to draw conclusions clu as to the expense of the service as the cost of maintenance and long delayed repairs is just now more than tte the income vom the lines but in six months from the of january the signal service expects to be able to burul furnish sh interesting data as to the profit in the insular wire service this enforced object lesson in federal management is naturally expected to nave have considerable influence pro or con I 1 inthe agitation for like control in this |