New Jersey Statutes Title 48. Public Utilities 48 § 15-1

The term “street railway or traction company” when used in this chapter means and includes, unless the contrary appears from the context, a company organized under this Title, or any company heretofore organized, reorganized or consolidated under the provisions of any act of this State general, special or private, for the purpose of owning, leasing or operating a street railway or a railroad operated as a street railway and extensions thereof, or any company, which, by virtue of any act of this State, has become subject to the provisions of any law of this State authorizing the incorporation of street railway or traction companies.

The word “street” when used in this chapter means and includes a public street, avenue, highway, road, alley, lane, plaza, square or other public place.