§273-5  Width of land taken.  The landsto be taken or used for the line of any railway lawfully authorized, shall notexceed one hundred feet in width, except where greater width is necessary forengines or carriages to turn, stand in, or pass each other, or for stations, orfor raising embankments, or for crossing valleys or low grades, or for cuttingthrough high grounds, or for the erection or establishment of any fixed orpermanent wharf, warehouse, tollhouse, machinery, or other building or erection,or for excavating, removing, or depositing earth or other material. [L 1878, c29, §5; RL 1925, §881; RL 1935, §1787; RL 1945, §5045; RL 1955, §106-5; HRS§273-5]