Fri 20 Jan 1843
Mr Marling’s seen on Wednesday and was taking matter of the feed at Ebley into consideration.
Mr Mason has not been able to see Mr Dyer re tonnage rates.
£125 paid by Mr Buckland. Water let out of Navigation, works of bridge in progress.
Place deepened near Mr R S Davies’ house at Stonehouse to enable two vessels to pass each other.
Letter from Mr Clegram, clerk to Gloucester & Berkeley Canal Co about inconvenience from culverts near Lockham Bridge. One of trunks of culvert broken, violent irruption of water into Navigation. Resolved to restore aqueduct or make another for carrying water of brook or River Froome under Navigation. Accumulation of mud due to acute angle between river and exit from culvert under canal. Mr Mason proposed new culvert of brick and stone instead of wood. Purchase of land from Mr Cambridge obtained on easy terms or gratuituously. Mr Fisher to arrange terms.
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Stroudwater Navigation held at the Committee Room at Walbridge on Friday the 20^th Day of January 1843
Present: [In time 2/6 & 5/s over]
M^r Cosham, M^r S Fisher, M^r Wathen, M^r Eycott, M^r P H Fisher in the Chair, M^r Beard, M^r J F FIsher, M^r T C Croome, M^r Martin, M^r Wyatt, M^r Hughes.
[M^r Marling presented & consider & (?)]
The Sub Committee appointed to communicate with M^r Marling respecting the mode of feeding the Navigation with Water at or near Ebley Mill reported that they had seen M^r Marling on Wednesday last and explained the Views of the Committee to him. That he had promised to take the matter into consideration and make some communication thereon.
M^r Mason reported that he had been unable to see M^r Denyer in pursuance of the resolutions of the last Committee Meeting in consequence of his Decease, and that no Successor had been appointed. He was instructed to make further enquiry.
It appeared to the meeting that the £125 mentioned in the resolutions of the last meeting had been paid by M^r Buckland and the Water had been let out of the Navigation, and that the Works of the Bridge were in Progress. It was also reported by M^r Mason that he had taken advantage of the Stoppage to do sundry repairs which were needed and to deepen the Place near M^r R S Davis's House at Stonehouse which was needed to enable two Vessels to pass each other.
A letter from M^r Clegram, the Clerk to the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company, accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the Committee of that Company was read and the Complaints of the Inconvenience sustained or likely to be sustained by that Company from Defects in the Culverts near Lockham Bridge was taken into Consideration.
M^r Mason having reported in reference to that matter that since the last meeting of Committee one of the Trunks of the said Culvert has broken in and a violent Irruption of Water had in consequence taken place into this Navigation which had been or was likely to be of serious Inconvenience to the use of this navigation -- also that he had stopped the flow of Water by a mode which was only temporary;-- It appeared to this meeting that it is absolutely essential to restore the said Aqueduct or to make another in lieu thereof.
Resolved that a new aqueduct be made accordingly for carrying the Water of the Brook or river Froome under this Navigation.
M^r Mason having also reported that the present Aqueduct is paced at right angles with the line of the Navigation, making thereby an acute angle at the exit of the said Culvert which has caused an Accumulation of Mud in the Brook and created Expence in removing the same from time to time -- He therefore laid before the meeting a Plan for erecting a new Culvert of Brick and Stone Work instead of Wood in a different Direction and reported that this would require the Purchase of Land from M^r Cambridge.
Ordered that the Details of the Plan be taken into Consideration at the next meeting of the Committee and that in the meantime, if a convenient opportunity Occur , sufficient materials of brick, stone & timber be provided by M^r Mason.
M^r Fisher reported that he had had an Interview with M^r Cambridge on the Subject of the Purchase of Land and that it was likely that the Land might be obtained either on easy Terms or gratuitously in case the Works be done to the Satisfaction of M^r Cambridge.
Resolved that M^r Fisher do procure a Conveyance of the required Land from M^r Cambridge and to arrange the Terms with him,
Ordered that the following Bills be paid, viz:
Richard Bushell, Smith: £33:10
Edward Carpanter & C^o (?): £1:13:9
R^d Marting Esq^re, (?): £1:0:6
Jn^o Gordon for Paints: £1:11:4
