N.Y. Railroad Law § 22: Proceedings to determine point at which a new railroad shall intersect one already established; compensation; duties of intersecting roads

§ 22. Proceedings to determine point at which a new railroad shall

intersect one already established; compensation; duties of intersecting

roads. Every railroad corporation, whose road is or shall be intersected

by any new railroad, shall unite with the corporation owning such new

railroad in forming the necessary intersections and connections, and

grant the requisite facilities therefor. If the two corporations can not

agree upon the amount of compensation to be made therefor or upon the

line or lines, grade or grades, points or manner of such intersections

and connections, the same shall be ascertained and determined by the

supreme court. The court may determine whether the crossing or

crossings of any railroad before construction shall be beneath, at, or

above the existing grade of such railroad, and upon the route designated

upon the map of the corporation seeking the crossing or otherwise. All

railroad corporations whose roads are or shall hereafter be so crossed,

intersected or joined, shall receive from each other and forward to

their destination all goods, merchandise and other property intended for

points on their respective roads, with the same dispatch as, and at a

rate of freight not exceeding the local tariff rate charged for similar

goods, merchandise and other property, received at or forwarded from the

same point for individuals and other corporations.