Wed 22 Aug 1855
Inspection report: Mr Withy asked for written acknowledgement by Committee of the wall at Lodgemore being built on his land.
New locks at Foundry completed.
Requisite repairs to be done to dwelling house at Dudbridge Wharf.
Mr Eycott, Mr Warman, Mr Beard and Mr Croome met Mr Ford at Ryeford.
Mr Edward Sharp allowed a coal pen at Stonehouse Wharf. Mr John George of Stonehouse to balance his tonnage account by next Committee meeting.
John George’s tonnage account to be demanded.
Letter from Mr Coley, Secretary to Stroud Gas Co., requiring to be put on same footing re tonnage on coals as consumers at Stroud.
Drawback on all coals from Forest of Dean and South Wales delivered to Wallbridge and places up to Dudbridge uniform rate of 1s 6d per ton.
New gates at Whitminster found to have been satisfactorily completed in workmanlike manner.
Proposition from inhabitants of Saul and neighbourhood to remove Walk Bridge and substitute swing bridge.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held on board the Company's Boat on Wednesday the 22^d day of August 1855
Present: M^r C Hawker, M^r H^y Harris Chairman, W^m Fryer, T C Croome, C Hooper, G H A Beard, J H Warman, F Eycott, Rich^d Martin.
M^r Withey having asked that a written acknowledgement should be made to him by the Committee of the wall at Lodgemore being built on his land near the Company's works there, Resolved that M^r Partridge write to him a letter to that effect.
The new locks at the Foundry were inspected & found to have been completed in a workmanlike manner & to the satisfaction of the Committee.
Resolved that M^r Driver get the requisite repairs done to the Dwelling House at Dudbridge Wharf.
The spot at the Ryeford Mill required by Mess^rs Ford for a lyeby was inspected & Mess^rs Ford having met the Committee there and stated their views regarding it, the matter was again discussed and resolved that M^r Eycott, M^r Warman, M^r Beard & M^r Croome meet Mess^rs Ford & finally arrange on behalf of the Committee the best mode of effecting the proposed accommodation with reference to the general interests of the Navigation, having regard to the minute of 1^st June last & the previous minutes on the subject.
The Wharf at Stonehouse was inspected & resolved that M^r Edward Sharp Jun^r be at liberty to enclose a portion of the yard for a Coal Pen as requested by him.
M^r Partridge having reported that the account of Tonnage with M^r John George of Stonehouse was in an unsettled state & he had been unable to get it balanced with him since he had entered on the Clerkship, Resolved that M^r Partridge mane another peremptory application to him & inform him that the Committee required it to be done by their next Meeting.
A letter was read from M^r Coley the Secretary of the Stroud Gas C^o to the effect that they required to be placed on the same footing in regard to Tonnage on coals as consumers at Stroud and M^r Hawker having further stated that he had taken some pains to investigate the truth of a statement which had been made to him that parties at Nailsworth were having Coals from the Railway & Upper Wharf at Stroud in consequence of the Tonnage of this Navigation at Dudbridge being higher than at Stroud but that they would continue to have them from Dudbridge as heretofore in the event of the Tonnage at that place being charged the same as at Stroud & had satisfied himself that such was the case and other circumstances having been brought before the Committee in corroboration of the fact,
Resolved that in future a drawback be allowed from the Tonnage on all Coals brought from the Forest of Dean & South Wales & delivered to Dudbridge and from then to all intermediate places up to Wallbridge so as to reduce the same to one uniform rate of one shilling & sixpence per Ton instead of the present rates.
The new Gates at Whitminster were inspected & found to have been completed in a workmanlike manner & to the satisfaction of the Committee.
A letter was read from M^r H H Wilton inclosing a proposition signed by several Inhabitants of Saul & its neighbourhood to remove the present Walkbridge on this Navigation & substitute a Swing Bridge for it. The Committee inspected the spot & it was resolved that the further consideration of the subject be adjourned till the next Committee Meeting & M^r Partridge write to M^r Wilton to that effect.
