Tue 17 Jan 1871
Sub-committee inspected Dudbridge Bridge and decided it would be better to widen the bridge on the Ebley Mill side as any alterations on the other side would be disadvantageous to the working of the canal.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Wallbridge on Tuesday the 17^th day of January 1871
Present: M^r S Phipps, M^r T Croome Chairman, F S Thornton, C H Fisher, G H A Beard, J T Fisher.
The SubCommittee appointed at the last Meeting to inspect the Bridge at Dudbridge reported that they had reviewed the Bridge and had arrived at the decision embedded in the following letter:
Canal Offic Jan^y 20^th 1871
S S Marling Esq^r MP
Dear Sir,
The SubCommttee of the Stroudwater Navigation appointed to inspect the Bridge at Dudbridge met this morning, and they have come to the decision that it would be better to widen the Bridge on the Ebley Mill side -- they consider that any alteration on the other side would be injurious to the working of the Canal, and they have instructed me to forward the above communication to you.
Yours most respectfully
N A Partridge
Bills ordered to be paid: £ s d
Mess^rs Pooley ^ Son repairing Weighing Machine: 2..18..0
E T Ward Office Coal: 3..14..6
J Elliott Stationery: 8..4..4
Income Tax Painswick Parish: 25..10..0
