Fri 3 Jun 1842
Special Meeting. Proposal from Raymond Cripps on building of railway bridge over canal at Stonehouse. Requested consent for stopping Navigation on lower terms than the penalty provided in Act of Parliament. No terms lower than £50 per 24 hour stoppage to be given.
At a Special Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Walbridge on Friday the 3^rd Day of June 1842
Present: M^r Sam^l Fisher, M^r Croome, M^r Jos^h Fisher, M^r Beard, M^R P H Fisher, M^R Wyatt, M^r Cosham, M^r John Stanton, in the Chaiur M^r Wathen.
M^r Wathen in the Chair.
This meeting being convened for the purpose of receiving a proposal from Raymond Cripps respecting the building the Railway Bridge over the Canal at Stonehouse.
M^r Cripps attended with a view to obtain our consent to the stopping of the Navigation on different terms as to penalty from those determined in the Act of Parliament viz by our accepting a lower sum per 24 Hours.
When after considering the proposal it appeared to this Committee that we could not stop the Canal o terms, without the probability of increasing damage to the Traders when trafic and use of the Navigation as a Highway, should be hindered thereby; and further that no lower terms than £50 per 24 hours can be agreed to without the consent of every Proprietor of the Navigation who is interested in the penalty mentioned in the Act.
Resolved that M^r Cripps be informed that the Committee cannot entertain his proposal and he was informed thereof accordingly.
