Sparks v. Philadelphia & Camden Railroad

Citations

• 212 Pa. 105
• 61 A. 881
• 1905 Pa. LEXIS 560

Syllabus

<p>Railroads—Incorporation—Act of April 4, 1868, P. L. 62—Street railways —Underground railroad—Tunnel—Motive power.</p> <p>Under the general railroad Act of April 4,1868, P. L. 62, a railroad may be construoted in a tunnel entirely under ground, and it may be operated by electricity.</p> <p>A railroad company may be incorporated under the Act of April 4,1868, P. L. 62 to construct a railroad entirely under ground in a city to extend from a point near a river for a distance of about one mile under a street and under the river to an interstate boundary line, without any access to or from its railroad in the city, other than at the terminus; and such a railroad may be operated by electricity. A railroad of this kind is not a street railway.</p>