Wed 17 Nov 1909
Letters to and from Highways Committee of Gloucestershire County Council re deposit of silt in canal. Mr Whittingham to consider whether under Public Health Act 1875 the Highways Authority had no right to deposit silt or gravel in canal and whether they were liable to make good any damage.
Correspondence with Stroud Water Co re supply by Navigation of water to various mill owners and others. Mr John R Morton Ball to retire before discussion in view of his firm’s connection with the Water Co. Nothing in Water Co’s Act of 1882 they relied on which would forbid supply complained of.
[1909 Nov] Committee Meeting held at Wallbridge on Wednesday the 17^th day of November 1909 @ 3.30 o'clock pm
Present: Philip Jas Evans Chairman, Walter J Stanton, Edward P Little, W^m Davies, F S Whittingham, Mr J R Morton Ball, W^m H Marling.
[Silt in Canal Glos C C] Letters to and from the Highways Committee of the Gloucestershire County Council respecting the deposit of silt in the Canal were read and Mr Whittingham was to consider whether under the Public Health Act of 1875 the Highways Authority had no right to deposit sild or gravel in the canal and whether they were liable to make good any damage caused by such action on their part. Reference was especially made to clause 308 of the above mentioned Act.
Mr Whittingham was asked to report to the Committee at their next meeting.
{Stroud Water C^o Water Supply] The correspondence with the Stroud Water Company relative to the supply by the Navigation of water to various Mill Owners and others was referred to but before the discussion it was suggested that Mr John R Morton Ball might with propriety retire in view of his firms connection with the Water Company which he therefore acceded to.
Mr Whittingham said there was nothing in the section of the Water Company's Act of 1882 which they had relied on which would forbid the supply complained of and he was desired to write to the Stroud Water Company accordingly.
