48:17-14 - Use of one telephone or telegraph line by another; apportionment of cost - New Jersey Statutes

48:17-14.  Use of one telephone or telegraph line by another; apportionment  of cost
    Whenever, after hearing upon notice, the board of public utility commissioners shall determine that public convenience and necessity require a physical connection for the establishment of a continuous line of communication  between any two or more public utilities regularly engaged in the conveyance of  telephone or telegraph messages, for the conveyance of such messages between  different localities which are not reached by the lines or connections of one  of such companies, the board may by order fix the just and reasonable terms and  conditions of such physical connection, including just and reasonable rules and  regulations, and the just and reasonable charge that shall be made to the  public for the use of such continuous line and the division of the charge  between the utilities and the apportionment of the cost of making the physical  connection.  The public utilities shall thereafter conform to such order of the  board.

    No order shall be made by the board to apply where the physical connection will prevent those owning, operating, managing or controlling any part of the proposed continuous line of communication from performing their public duties, or result in serious injury to them.