Thu 21 Jul 1842
Posts of new cart shed at Lechlade to be tarred as well as the wall plating. Timber Kyanised.
Window sills and sashes of Kempsford House to be repaired.
Marston Round House repaired.
Kempsford High Bridge repaired.
Shed built. Posts and wall plates to be tarred.
Lord Bathurst conveyed the remainder of the paddock, 27 perches, for £30.
Basin wall to be continued along length of new land.
New paddles to be made of enlarged dimensions.
3 locks at Cerney and 4 at Siddington shortened.
Slip in deep cutting removed from canal, banks faced. To be secured by piling.
Extension of pile planking in Coxes Valley approved. £150 to be spent each year.
Remainder of Boiler to be covered with ashes.
Mr Jones and bargemen to examine and report on present state of the navigation of the River Thames between Lechlade and Oxford.
Three locks at Whitehall Upper, Bathurst Meadow and Sickeridge Wood Lower Locks, whose lower gates are new, carefully examined. Observations re work done postponed until Chairman could examine them on his return from London.
Damage done by flood at back of Watchman’s House at Daneway to be repaired.
Mr Jones to ascertain cost of making a horizontal cast iron paddle complete for one lock and report on it.
Mr Brewin and Mr Smith complained about coal being plundered. Requested some places on the wharf enclosed for greater protection. Mr Denyer to produce plan and estimate.
Recess ordered last year to be made at Arundells Mill to be made instead at Cleeves Bridge Mill.
Foot Bridge at Griffins Mill inspected and approved of as a temporary bridge.
Recess at Stantons Mill approved. Two levels from Bowbridge to Ham Mill have been mudded.
Mud in several places put too near the bank where bank is above canal. To be secured from falling into the canal.
Committee Boat to be thoroughly examined and report made on possibility of repairing her.
Small repairs in Mr Jones’ district to be done to bridges and lock sides. Capstan at the engine to be repaired.
Mr Tombs’ land from the Tunnel to Coates field. Enquiries to be made as to who can make a conveyance to the Company.
Offer to be made to purchase rents paid to Lord Bathurst for the spoil banks.
Mr Brewin’s application for a reduction in tonnage on coals to Cirencester not to be at present conceded unless commensurate advantage would accrue to Company.
Recommendation to next General Assembly, first waiting for a reply from Stroud Canal Company. Reduction of tonnage on all articles now paying 3d per ton per mile carried in vessels on return from Cirencester and delivered at or beyond Junction of Stroud & Gloster& Berkley Canals to 2d per ton per mile.
Mr Smith’s and Mr George’s applications to be relieved of wharfage on iron on Company’s wharf, under peculiar circumstances of case, to be conceded.
Mr Denyer to enquire into allegations contained in Mr Brewer’s letter and report on them.
Mr Graham to be requested to inform clerk, Mr Lane, when Committee can have an opportunity of meeting Commissioners of Thames Navigation re improvements in the sixth or upper district of the Thames.
Work done by Siddington workmen and others August 1841 to July 1842.
Masonry: Building sheds at Lechlade and Kempsford Wharfs, rebuilding masonry of Kempsford high Bridge, repairing masonry and resetting coping under Kempsford Bridge; Repairing masonry and resetting coping under Cricklade Bridge; Repairing stone quoins of Cerney Lower Lock; Building retaining walls in Cerney and Siddington pounds nearly 300 yards run; Repairing and raising Cirencester Wharf wall and building wall to enclose new wharf at Cirencester; Repairing and raising about 250 yards run of tow path wall on Summit Level; Repairing bridge at Thames Head; Building brick wall in boiler house of steam engine to confine ashes to either or both boilers; Shortening 4 Siddington and 3 Cerney Locks to uniform length, 81 feet.
Carpentry: Making and erecting new lower gates at Cerney Upper Lock and fixing new mitre sills for the same; Framing new timber work for the shortening of the Siddington and Cerney Locks, fixing same and moving the gates to their new stations; Various repairs to other gates and paddles, wheelbarrows and other materials; Preparing the pile planking and land ties and braces for Coxes Valley.
Labourers: Repairing towing paths and wharfs, sundry leakages, assisting masons, carpenters, boating materials etc; Securing Coxes Valley from side leakage with 380 yards lineal of pile planking and gravel puddle; Raising stone and forming new wharf at Cirencester.
Navigators’ work: Two levels from Bowbridge to the Ham Mill cleansed of mud amounting to 1085 lineal yards of the canal; Excavating canal bank for recesses at Stantons Mill and Cleeves Bridge.
Masons work: Taking down and rebuilding portion of side wall of Puck Mill Lower Lock; Taking down and rebuilding wall against premises rented by Mr J George at Brimscombe; Building wall to recesses or Lay Byes for vessels at Stantons Mill and Cleeves Bridge; Building wing wall at Griffins Bridge; Making and repairing drains behind Brimscombe warehouses.
Carpenters’ work: Making and erecting foot bridge at Griffins Mill; Making and erecting a pair of new lower gates to Whitehall Upper Lock, Bathurst Meadow Lock, Sickeridge Wood Lock; General repair of lower gates of lock adjoining the Stroud Canal (advantage being taken of the water being let out of the upper level of that canal), adding iron frames to paddles etc; General repair of lower gates of upper Lock at Daneway, adding iron frames to paddles etc; Sheeting of Sickeridge Wood Upper Lock repaired; Upper gate planking of Sickeridge Wood Lower Lock repaired, new paddle etc.
