Wed 16 Feb 1916
No further action with Messrs Cadbury.
Mr J Whiting declined to buy withy loppings at Eastington. Sold to Mr S R Hooper of Griffins Mills for 35s.
One of heads of top gates at Dock Lock repaired.
Letters from Mr Fredericks; Walk Bridge at Whitminster left open on two or three occasions. Police informed. Bridge could not be locked at night.
Offer of second-hand weighbridge received from Messrs Luce Young & Alpass of Berkeley. Decision not to buy it.
£150 due to Gloucestershire County Council under Section 44 of Thames & Severn Canal Trust Act 1895.
Through traffic year ending September 1915 £319 15s 5d. £349 17s 8d average of last three years. Decrease of £99 6s 5d.
Traffic 1 October 1915 to February 1916 £332 3s 11d, 1914-15 £392 16s 3d.
[2926 Feby] Committee Meeting held at Wallbridge on Wednesday the 16^th day of February 1916 @ 3.30 o'clock pm
Present: Philip Jas Evans, W^m Davies, A J Morton Ball, Edward P Little, F S Whittingham, F A Little.
Further correspondence with Messrs Cadbury Bros was produced and considered and it was resolved to take no further action at present.
The Manager reported that:
1 M^r Z Whiting had declined to buy the Withey loppings at Eastington and he had sold them to Mr S R Hooper of Griffins Mill for 35/-.
2 One of the heads of the Top Gate at the Dock Lok had been repaired.
Letters from Mr W Fredericks had been received calling attention to the fact of the Walk Bridge at Whitminster having been left open recently on 2 or 3 occasions and the police had been informed of it. The Committee discussed the question of locking the bridge at night but it was agreed that this could not be done.
An offer of a second hand wagon weighbridge had been received from Messrs Luce Young & Alpass of Berkeley but the Committee decided not to buy it under present circumstances.
An application from the Gloucestershire County Council for £150 due under Sec 44 of the Thames and Severn Canal Trust Act 1895 was submitted and approved and the cheque was drawn and signed.
The Clerk reported the result of the Statement he had been instructed to prepare in response to the requirement of the County Council under Sec 43 of the Thames and Severn Canal Trust Act 1895 as to through traffic for the year ending September 1915,
It appeared that £319..15..5 was the amount of such through traffic for that year and that £349..17..8 was the average for the three years last past.
The latter figure compared with the average of the three years ended September 1894 (£449..4..1) showed a decrease of £99..6..5 and therefore no payment was due und Section 46 of the Thames and Severn Canal Trust Act 1895.
Traffic was reported to amount to £332..3..11 from Oct 1^st to Feby 15 as compared with £392..16..3 for corresponding period in 1914/15.
Credit Balance at Bank stood at £420..16..8 against 466..4..2 this time last year,
