New Jersey § 48:15-16

§ 48:15-16.

Any street railway or traction utility may exercise the power of eminent domain as

provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof 1 in taking so much land or property as may be necessary for the construction of any

railway built under the provisions of this title either as an extension of the line

of any existing railway or a new line, not exceeding 60 feet in width except where

a greater amount shall be required for the slopes of cuts and embankments, and such

easements of lands lying within or without the limits of any street as may be necessary

for the accomplishment of the objects of such utility, or such lands or properties

as may be required for the purpose of locating and constructing all necessary works,

buildings, conveniences and equipments for the construction and operation of such

machinery, engines, boilers or appliances, including the erection of poles for the

support of wires and conduits or the making of tunnels or subways for the production

or supply of any of the motive power authorized to be used under this title. 1

N.J.S.A. §§ 48:3-17.6, 48:3-17.7.