1889-1895
Gloucestershire Archives D1180/9/9
Letters written by William James Snape between June 1889 and December 1895
Enclosing a list of rents on which Income Tax has been paid.
Enclosing ten share certificates in the name of John Stephens.
Enclosing a cheque for bricks.
Can I have Philip Perry to help prepare the bottom gates for Dock Lock.
Ask Webb & Spring about oak for the gates and Morgan about the stick of elm.
Ask Mr Sibly for a date for me to inspect the boathouse before the water is turned in.
Please fix date to see walls near Stonehouse railway bridge and Stonehouse Wharf.
Enclosing postal order and stamps for 8s which you overpaid in tonnage.
Enclosing cheque for salary.
Your two boats were stopped at the Junction because they had no passes. Your third man refused to take the passes to the other two because they had had a row the night before (More details)
I should like to meet at Ebley with regard to silt in the canal at Ebley.
If caught swimming again, you will be proceeded against.
There is no dividend due on the three shares held by the late Rev J J Stanton.
The culvert under the canal at Ebley is 102ft long. The first 28ft is 2ft square stone. The remaining 74 ft is 2ft square brick. Offer to arrange supplies of bricks or stone
Bill returned for correction. One of the heels will not do.
Enclosing cheque for labour and materials at the new stable at Eastington.
Enclosing cheque for oak timber.
Enclosing cheque in settlement of account.
Please send approved Classification of Merchandize Traffic and Schedule of Tolls.
Questions about Board of Trade return of Receipts & Expenses.
Enclosing tracing of land near Stonehouse Ocean containing about 3r 26p.
Your men emptied a closet vault into the canal. Explain or risk prosecution.
When you do the work at Stonehouse Wharf, please make the gates larger.
The last heel will not do. I can take a 12ft length but no more.
Toll on fire bricks & retorts is 1s per ton as there is no railway competition.
Newspapers report ship brought more birch planks than noted on tickets. Investigate.
Complaining that accounts were sent before it was settled how much would be used.
No alternative can be made to the toll of 8d per ton on birch planks to Chalford.
Notice of stoppage due to replacement of bottom gates at Dock Lock.
What price to deliver wood?
Enclosing copy of Bye Laws of Stroudwater Navigation Company.
Re dispute with Smart over toll for wood: what are you charging?
What will be the rate charged for land let to Mr Z Whiting?
Enclosing cheque for taking goods from Stonehouse to Hanley, garden produce and railway fare for you and Mrs Fallows.
Enclosing returns in compliance with Railway and Canal Traffic Act.
You will hear from Mr Little re the timber; request to pay tonnage for timber on or by Friday.
Instruction to get barge up that is [sunk?] above Westfield Lock as water is to be drained to allow for repairs to Eastington Locks. We must not have any more nonsense about it. Dates of previous letters given
Pay for your doorway recently opened on to the towing path at Ryeford.
Enclosing another copy of Bye Laws.
Request to remove rushes which catch the boat lines.
Need materials for mortar suitable for water work.
Informing that stoppage at Dock Lock is over and canal open.
The land at the mouth of the Ebley culvert now belongs to the County Council.
Where do you get your lock castings and paddle gear? Rushes still impeding.
Enclosing cheque for settlement of account for oak
Detaining barge 'Gertrude' until tonnage paid.
Enclosing account for tonnage owing on coal to Navigation and to Thames & Severn Canal.
Enclosing account for tonnage owing on coal. Heavy penalties as accounts given have been false.
On what weight were you paid for planks per schooner and steamer?
Acknowledging receipt of share certificate and requesting death certificate of deceased trustee.
Enclosing cheque for salary.
Explaining Power of Attorney required to transfer share ownership.
Invitation to attend meeting with Pearce and Smart to discuss back tonnage.
Enclosing probate of will.
Reiterating procedure for registering share transfer requires power of attorney.
Instruction to pay tonnage directly to me with outline of procedure
Instruction to pay tonnage directly to me with outline of procedure
Request for two bills re two loads of coal.
Request to attend meeting at Company office; enclosing bill for tonnage.
Stating value of shares; enclosing cheque for half-year dividend.
Request for tonnage for October.
Further request for excess tonnage.
Request to pay poor rates.
Explaining procedure for transfer of shares or issuing new shares.
Enclosing cheque for subscription to Canal Association for one year.
Acknowledging power of attorney and requesting probate of will.
Enclosing tracing of brook from Ebley Old Mill to Ryeford.
Returning probate of will of Charles Jacomb duly registered and endorsed.
Enclosing three share certificates and bill for costs.
Enclosing one share certificate and bill for costs.
Enclosing cheque for Company's subscription for Stroud Hospital.
Wharfage run up is considerably more than stone is worth and Company has taken possession.
Coal trade as good as years ago despite reduction in traffic from Hawkins & Sons due to attitude of Mr Davenport. Trade good from other collieries.
Enclosing cheque for salary.
Reminder to send something to Wallbridge by boat to get out the stone
Request to pay rent and poor rate; invitation to attend Committee meeting to discuss reduction.
What are the feelings about the charges for water?
Request for list of all who have paid for and who have taken water. Have you enough timber for gates for Dudbridge Top Lock?
Enclosing Post Office Order for Income Tax.
Owners of share 113 and dividend.
Requesting form to submit particulars of canal if required.
Enclosing Post Office Order for Income and Land Tax.
Enclosing Post Office Order for Income Tax due on the three cottages at Framilode.
Enclosing cheque for tithe.
Requesting tonnage due; should be more prompt in future payments.
Requesting form.
Enclosing completed registration form.
Get timber in the boat; move ashes and loppings. Watering place just past Newtown bridge requires attention. Put the mere stones at the mud bank.
Executors should apply with probate to Committee for shares; share transfer has been incorrectly done so should consult Company's solicitors.
Requesting repair of leaking water pipe at Ryeford Canal Bridge.
Negotiating rates on moving timber from Ebley to Camp Hill for J. Smart.
Enclosing details of amount deducted from dividends paid to charity.
Acknowledging receipt of conveyance re purchase of land at Stonehouse.
Need to have details of present toll charges and railway rates before any reduction considered.
Acknowledging receipt of probate; share transfers not properly completed so should contact Company's solicitors.
Asking to meet at Stonehouse.
Acknowledging receipt of submission for meeting of Committee.
Dispute over water usage and charges.
Informing that bricks available to be loaded and at what rate.
Enclosing cheque for salary.
Notice of stoppage of canal at Dudbridge for a new pair of lock gates.
To inform that Boat House slipping into canal and needs putting right.
Reprimand for not turning up at Hilly Orchard this morning
Informing amount of income tax paid on dividend and enclosing counterfoil.
Acknowledging receipt of authority to pay dividend on one share; dividend on three others to sent directly.
Three people who have not paid should not get water or I shall take out a summons.
Part of Smart's cargo said to be for Cirencester was actually unloaded at Stroud. What proportion?
You have planted withy sets on Company land but may replant them on your land next Winter.
Enclosing particulars of Stroudwater Navigation.
Explaining small dividend as reduction in tolls due to bad trade, mill closures and railway competition.
Explaining small dividend on closure of flour mill and small trade in road stone.
Repairs completed at Dudbridge Top Lock and canal now open for traffic.
To arrange meeting about osiers planted in canal at Stonehouse.
Charging per annum for boat licence and for connection with canal.
Enclosing Company's balance sheets for 1890.
Dividend only 30s per share last half-year so could not give £72 as share price.
Rent and rate must be paid next week. Please pay John Smith at Canal Yard.
Pay 1s for taking water within seven days or a summons will be taken out.
Difficulty in navigating between Shallow Lock and Bristol Road Lock as water level in G&B Canal low and Whitminster Lock left open: instruct your employee; attend to rushes along towpath.
Enclosing circulars, price list and samples of stone.
Increasing charge for washing sheep in canal due to damage to banks.
Tell me the price for carrying bricks. I want them carried by water rather than by railway.
Pay your tonnage account by 15th each month or your boats and barges will be stopped.
You are liable for 1s for taking water out of the canal.
Don't allow boats through Dudbridge Lock without paying tolls.
Toll too high and will lose out to Midland Railway; let me know your monthly tonnages by the third Monday and tickets for Framilode Lock at the end of every month.
Try to reduce the toll for bricks so that we can get the trade by water.
Store the bridge planking in the shed; leave the leak at Shallow Lock.
Suggest you send your vessels up G&B Canal to the Junction and then narrow boats would take stone anywhere in the Stroud Canal.
Incorrectly addressed letter; what to do?
What would be your rate for stone from Cardiff or Newport between the Junction and Stonehouse and from ship at the Junction to some place?
Jobs ready for survey: Shallow Lock and Dudbridge Top Lock.
What would be the freight on wood from London to the Junction? Need to undercut the railway rate. Also on the stone from Cornwall.
What is the carriage of wool from London to Stroud Canal?
I'll do my best to have the bricks taken by canal.
Tell your bill poster to take down bills from canal bridge at Stonehouse Cross.
Please settle your tonnage account, respond to my letter re rates for stone.
Permission granted to take more water.
Gates not much better; don't waste time taking rushes to others.
Barge and boat owners would charge 1s 9d per ton for stone from the Junction to any point on the Stroudwater Canal.
Arrange for the lock work to be done on Sunday and have Perry to help
I have arranged for a barge to take your stone from the Junction to any point on the Stroudwater Canal. The same barge could also take stone to anywhere on the Severn.
Enclosing cheque for oak.
Prepare for the inspection on 30th. We shall take lunch in your kitchen
I have arranged to fetch your stone from the Junction for 1s 6d per ton freight and tonnage.
Tell boat and barge men about the catches for fastening the gates at Shallow Lock.
I cannot alter the terms for the carriage of the stone.
Put the date 1890 on the new gates at Dudbridge.
I think James Smart is cheating by giving incorrect weights of timber.
Tell the young men not to splash oars in the Ocean as anglers may not renew their licences.
Let me know how much timber your barges have been carrying.
I have detained Mr Smart's 'Perseverance' as it was without measurement of timber. Tell me how much you charged on his barges.
Please settle your tonnage account for May.
How much for iron tubes to use for a culvert?
Have you accepted our offer to carry stone?
Enclosing salary cheque; rushes need to be cut before the inspection next Monday.
Remove soil left in River Frome opposite watering place as it is pushing water against the canal bank.
