Mon 12 Aug 1844
Mr Brunel, Engineer of the Great Western and the Cheltenham Junction Railway met the Committee on several points of dispute. Mr Willson’s statement that Railway was impinging on Act of Parliament. Affidavit of what had taken place, especially between himself and Mr Brunel, as foundation of motion for an Injunction against Railway Company.
Communications between Mr Hayter, Junction Railway, and Mr Ford. Meeting at Paddington between Mr Hayter, Mr Brunel and Mr Hammond met Messrs Richards, Ford & Lane. Mr Brunel and Mr Hammond to meet Committee at Brimscombe Port.
Agreed conditions on which Injunction should be suspended, inluding details of new entrance to the Bourne Yard, height of Canal Company’s roadway into the Bourne Yard, retaining wall, culvert from Bourne Lock and road from Brimscombe Port to Minchinhampton Turnpike.
Mr Ferrabee to have a water pipe from canal to his cowsheds.
Severn & Wye Company had reduced toll from 2s to 1/6 a ton.
Arrangement with Forest of Dean coal owners. Price reduced at Oxford and quantity carried along canal increased.
Parkend Coal Co and Brunswick Coal Co in Forest of Dean allowed to place coal on Island in Brimscombe Basin to supply demand of public. Tonnage to be paid when coal is sold.
Railway Company’s viaduct at Caples mill, St Mary’s Mill and the Bourne require rough stone work smoothed off from sides of towing path and retaining walls of canal.
Change of tolls: Drawback of 1s a ton on all coals carried to Lechlade and all other places between Lechlade and Siddington. Drawback of 2s a ton now allowed on coal carried to Radcot reduced to 1s a ton.
Saul Lusty, Cricklade Wharf. Services not required after 29 September. To give up possession of wharf and premises. Inefficient and incapable of pushing a coal trade from there.
Mantell to be appointed as his successor. Wages £10 a year for keeping books, £20 if coal sales exceed 1000 tons.
Warburton at wharf at Thames Head in arrears. To abandon all claims to arrears if immediate possession of premises is given to Company or to quit possession at end of year.
Pressure of railway embankment had forced up bottom of canal at Red Lion Pound. Immediate attention necessary. Penalty incurred in stopping canal.
House occupied by Charles Iles as part of his salary sold to railway. £8 per annum allowed as equivalent for rent for house.
Construction of culvert from docks postponed until Easter stoppage.
If Railway Company required water to be let out of canal in constructing their works, they must pay penalty for obstructing trade of canal.
If application made to land timber at Brimscombe Port, ground near west end of warehouse must be prepared and fenced.
Iron troughs to be affixed to eaves of long warehouse next the canal.
Clock in office to be purchased by Committee for use of Company.
Long warehouse to be divided into two portions, leaving the lever and scale of weighing machine in the middle.
Culvert from Weighing Dock to the brook to be completed.
Effect on bottom of canal in Red Lion pound by pressure of embankment. Contractor to remove evil without delay according to Brunel’s promise.
Stones which have rolled from Railway embankment into canal in the Golden Valley and Twissils Mill ponds have not been removed.
Condition of the bridge of the turnpike road at the Bell Bridge Lock.
Mr Willson to be allowed the expense of levelling ground lately fenced in at Brimscombe Basin.with good paling
Mr Clutterbuck’s application for land adjoining his garden to enable him to straighten new wall he is about to build refused.
Mr Treadwell, Railway contractor, in driving piles for the viaduct near the Bourne lock, has pushed out the retaining wall of the canal. To be replaced.
Work done at Brimscombe Port 1 April to 12 August 1844:
Basin level and Ham Mill pound thoroughly cleansed of mud. 45 thousand tons, part boated to Mr George’s orchard, Mr Moody’s garden, Railway embankment etc. Compensation not exceeding £10.
Embanking one side of New Wharf, making good bottom with broken stone, cinders etc, clearing away heaps of rubbish, enclosing waste part, bringing same into cultivation, building a retaining wall against the slope adjoining the Bourne Bridge, forming new pathway on top of slope leading from wharf to Bourne Bridge, putting up posts and stone steps, stile to gate etc.
Putting in 96 yards forward of side piling with guard timber land in Basin opposite New Wharf where water from Bourne Lock had washed the bank away, filling in back with soil, building dwarf wall on top to make good towing path, making new embankment used for lightening vessels, enclosing with good paling fence upwards of 3/4 of an acre of land on Wharf, filling up same with mud and bringing it into cultivation, digging out foundation of good weather stone wall at front of wharf, erecting paling fence at back of wharf.
Building good weather stone retaining wall from weir on West Wharf round the creek to the fence in Turnpike Road.
Making new drain from the Wood Meadow to convey surplus water from the spring across Turnpike Road into canal, rebuilding part of Basin wall at west end of Office Wharf, rebuilding side walls and covering in weir, excavating earth projecting into canal near the Swing Bridge.
Building weather stone abutments under swing bridge to contract opening.
Digging out foundation for a lye by in canal adjoining Moody’s Wharf.
Rebuilding weir at Cleeves Lock.
Paling round premises in Turnpike Road.
Coffer Dam in Basin.
Building walls for Weighing dock. Building stone culvert from weighing dock to the brook. Building and fixing new gates for Weighing Dock, making short culvert with paddle to let water out of basin. Making paddle in Weighing Dock. Fixing guard timber round outside wall of dock.
Repairing, pointing, colouring, painting house, warehouses and outbuildings at Brimscombe Port, with cranes, bridges etc.
Brimscombe Carpentry: Repairs in Agent’s house, Sickeridge, Whitehall Lower, lockgates. making and erecting New Lock gates at Daneway, Whitehall. Making doors, shutters, frames, sleepers, flooring, fitting up room for reception of books and papers. Making and fixing windlass, altering and fixing desks, wheelbarrows, other repairs.
Brimscombe Masonry: Repairing towing path wall, building chimney, making drains, building walls, cutting quoins for New Gates
Brimscombe Sawyers: Sawing timber for Daneway Basin Lock new gates, posts and rails, sleepers, steam engine capstan, piling for Brimscombe Basin, guard timber and angle pieces for Summit Level, cutting down trees.
Brimscombe Labourers: Cutting weeds on canal banks, hedges, breaking stone, digging holes, assisting carpenters and masons.
Summary of work done by Siddington workmen August 1843 to August 10th 1844.
Siddington Carpentry: New lower gates at Wilmore Upper Lock. Lock gates, paddles from Siddington to Inglesham – some little repairs, engine capstans reinstated, new bucket rod attached, also usual repairs to gates, swivel bridges.
Siddington Masonry: Body of Latton Lock, Dudgrove Lock, bridges from Dudgrove to Siddington repaired. Repairs also to head of Siddington 2nd lock, wings of stop in branch to Cirencester, hitches at east end of tunnel, alteration to hollow quoins of Wilmore Lock.
Siddington Labourers: Side piling and puddling Siddington, cleansing Wilmore Pound of mud, leak stopping, mowing and cleansing of weeds, repairs to slopes of canal.
