Wed 22 Oct 1913
Draft of Agreement with Severn Fishery Board for lease of Fishing rights.
Letter from Mr Long, Surveyor of Court of Sewers at Wheatenhurst. Satisfaction with work carried out by Stroudwater Navigation but recommended canal bank should be strengthened. Piling being done.
Miss Heath agreed to pay £2 2s fee for supply of water to her garden at Bridgend, Stonehouse. No reply from Mr Arthur Winterbotham.
Report of inspection of canal, Framilode to Eastington 23 September by Messrs Wm Davies and F A Little.
Saul Bridge, 37feet long, satisfactory piece of work, but not fit for heavy brewery motor wagons.
Mud clearing from Frome River bank. No work done on opposite side, opposite small drinking place for cattle in river. Bank between river and canal appears weak. Requires piling or strengthening.
Upper gate of Shallow Lock requires new footboards. Gate shut and water level about foot higher than below.
New chimney to house occupied by Tudor. On his wharf stacks of coal. Heaps of road metal on either side of canal. Evidence of small trade.
Weeds on both sides of canal above Bristol Road seeding.
Balance pole at Westfield Lock requires easing and renewing.
Workshops clean, clear, still, trade being absent.
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[1913 October] Committee Meeting held at Wallbridge on Wednesday the 22^nd day of October 1913 @ 3.30 o'clock pm
Present: Philip Jas Evans, Edward P Little, Jack Margetson, F S Whittingham, F A Little, A J Morton Ball.
[M^r W J Stanton] A copy of the resolution passed at the last Meeting with reference to the death of M^r Walter J Stanton had been sent to Miss Stanton who had acknowledge the same with the "sincere thanks" of the family.
[Severn Fishery Board] Mr Whittingham had prepared a draft of agreement with the Severn Fishery Board for a lease of the Fishing rights which was produced and approved.
[River Frome at Saul] A letter from Mr Long the Surveyor of the Court of Sewers at Wheatenhurst was read expressing satisfaction with the work carried out by the Stroudwater Navigation and recommendens that the Canal Banks should be strengthened. Mr Snape reported that the piling was being done.
[Miss Heath re Water from Canal] Miss Heath had written agreeing to pay the Company's fee of £2..2..0 p annum for the proposed supply of water to her gardens at Bridgend Stonehouse and the costs of the Agreement as to same.
{Mr Winterbotham re Water from Canal] Mr Arthur Winterbotham had not replied to the Company's offer of a similar water supply on same terms as were made to Miss Heath.
[Survey Report] Messrs W Davies and F A Little handed in their report of their inspection of the Canal from Framilode to Eastington as follows:
Stroudwater Navigation
Annual Inspection Report
1913
Framilode to Eastington.
On the 23^rd September we inspected the above portion of the Canal with Mr W J Snape.
The new Saul Bridge (some 37 feet in length) appeared to be a satisfactory piece of work, quite suitable for ordinary traffic, but not fit for heavy brewery motor waggons.
Our men were at work clearing the mud from the Frome River Bank, but no work had been done on the opposite bank which requires much clearing, opposite a small drinking place for cattle in the river, the bank between the river and Canal appears to be weak & requires piling or strengthening in some way.
The pound below the Junction is clear, & free of weeds.
We interviewed M^r Fredericks who said he had nothing particular to bring to our notice.
The upper gate of the Shallow Lock require new footboards. This gate was shut and the level of the water above was about a foot higher than below it.
We observed the new Chimney to the house occupied by Tudor on his Wharf were stacks of coal & on either side of the Canal were heaps of road metal at this point - some evidence of trade, thought small.
The weeds on both sides of the Canal above the Bristol Road are seeding & require early attention.
One of the balance poles at Westfield lock requires casing or renewing.
The workshops like the rest of the Canal appeared to be clean, clear and in a satisfactory condition, and also still, trade being absent.
W^m Davies
F A Little
Sept 1913
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