§273-5  Width of land taken.  The lands
to be taken or used for the line of any railway lawfully authorized, shall not
exceed one hundred feet in width, except where greater width is necessary for
engines or carriages to turn, stand in, or pass each other, or for stations, or
for raising embankments, or for crossing valleys or low grades, or for cutting
through high grounds, or for the erection or establishment of any fixed or
permanent wharf, warehouse, tollhouse, machinery, or other building or erection,
or for excavating, removing, or depositing earth or other material. [L 1878, c
29, §5; RL 1925, §881; RL 1935, §1787; RL 1945, §5045; RL 1955, §106-5; HRS
§273-5]