US Lawyer Database

For Lawyer-Seekers

YOU DESERVE THE BEST LAWYER

Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers » Chapter 18 - Incline Railroad Companies

§ 65-18-102. Gauge

Incline railroad corporations are authorized to adopt such gauge as they may prefer.

§ 65-18-103. Construction of Track Across Highways, Streets and Alleys

The line of track of the road shall be so constructed as not to interfere with the convenient travel of the public along the highways, county roads, streets, and alleys of cities, towns, and villages, and so as to allow carts, wagons, carriages, and other vehicles conveniently and safely to pass over or under the […]

§ 65-18-104. Crossing Signs

Boards, well supported by posts or otherwise, shall be placed, and constantly kept, across each public road, when the same is crossed on the same level by the track of the railway, the boards to be elevated so as not to obstruct travel, and, on each side of such board, there shall be printed in […]

§ 65-18-105. Municipal Regulations

Such boards need not be put up at the crossing of streets and alleys in cities, towns, or villages, but such inclined cable railroad company shall be subject to such proper regulations made by the municipal authorities, in pursuance of general municipal powers, regulating speed, passage, and flaggers in such municipalities; and at crossings, and […]

§ 65-18-106. Private Crossings and Cowgaps

Where land on both sides of a track is owned by the same proprietor, convenient crossings shall be made and kept up at the expense of the corporation for the use of the proprietor, and all necessary cowgaps made.

§ 65-18-107. Regulations for Running Trains — Freight and Passengers

The board of directors shall fix regulations for the running of trains, for the transportation of passengers and property, and shall furnish sufficient accommodation for their safe, comfortable, and convenient transportation, and shall take, transport, and discharge such passengers and property at, from, and to such places, on the due payment of freight tolls, and […]

§ 65-18-108. Charge for Transportation

The charge for transportation shall be not exceeding eight cents (8¢) per one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) on heavy articles, and three cents (3¢) per cubic foot on articles of measurement, per mile, and at the same rate for each fraction of a mile, and not exceeding fifty cents (50¢) per mile for each passenger, […]