Tue 26 Jan 1841
Mr Gandell given two months to pay amount due.
Materials for completion of planking at Blue House Valley being prepared. Ready for Easter Stoppage.
No damage to works of canal as a result of the late frost or floods.
Headway 6 by 8 feet in direction of proposed railway tunnel through Sapperton Hill let for 7000 guineas. Directors pledge to have done preparatory work on line between Kemble and Stonehouse. No great supply of water likely to be met with.
Churn millers’ water payments.
Inconvenience and loss of trade occasioned by insufficient supply of water last summer and autumn. Attention to avoiding all waste and unnecessary expenditure.
Locks arranged for largest sized barges no longer required. Considerable waste of water by passage of trade at present. Proposal at once to reduce all locks to size necessary for narrow canal boats. Rejected because of disadvantages.
Plan to widen present locks to admit two narrow boats adopted. Also reduction of locks by 20 feet as the lock at Wilmoreway. Alterations to Daneway and the Bourne only at present.
Mr Jones to select one lock to alter or enlarge. Preparations to be made for alterations to other locks between Daneway and the Bourne. Shortening locks of great importance to Committee.
