N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 25: Definitions

§ 25. Definitions. A telegraph corporation is a corporation organized

to construct, own, use and maintain a line or lines of electric

telegraph wholly within or partly without this state, or to acquire and

own any interest in any such line or lines, or any grants therefor or

for any or all of such purposes. A telephone corporation is a

corporation organized to construct, own, use and maintain a line or

lines of electric telephone wholly within or partly without the state,

or to acquire and own any interest in any such line or lines, or any

grants therefor or for any or all of such purposes. A telegraph and

telephone corporation is a corporation organized for both such telegraph

and telephone purposes.