Any railroad company may construct and maintain along the line of its improvement an electric telegraph or telephone for its own use and that of the public, and may make reasonable charges on messages and intelligence conveyed thereby.
Va. Code Ann. § 56-383
Railroad company may construct and maintain telegraph or telephone line
Code 1919, § 3943.
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