Tue 26 Nov 1929
To Abdela-Mitchell, engineers
Brimscombe
My Committee has considered your letter. This Company has nothing to do with the management of the T & Canal which is managed by Gloucestershire County Council. It is interested in the through traffic from the T&S Canal and for this reason that when the GCC intimated some years ago its intention to close it, this Company undertook to collect contributions from public bodies traders and others to the expense of keeping it open. Owing to the amount of these subscriptions having diminished considerably during the last two years, the GCC decided to close it and we understand that an application to the Ministry of Transport for leave to do so has been made. The matter is now entirely in the hands of the GCC to whom you should apply. Your predecessors in business promised a contribution of £20 per year for two years but neither of the amounts was paid.
