1903-1909
Gloucestershire Archives D1180/9/11
Letters written by William James Snape between August 1903 and March 1909
Someone closed the gates of the Shallow lock. I thought I should inform you. Mr Jones will raise the matter.
My Committee accept no liability for taking out the tanks and making good. They have no knowledge of this work.
Your sheep washing has caused injury to the canal bank. The Committee will not allow this again without a guarantee against such injury.
Through tolls on coal from Littleton colliery will be as quoted here (details given)
The value of our canal shares was £55 on 16 August.
Enclosed is a M.O. for £3.17.8. Please place to the credit of this company.
Through tolls on coal from Littleton colliery are as quoted here (details given)
Cables across the canal: my Committee have agreed to charge 3s 6d per annum. Please send me a form to fill in.
I am still the Manager of the T&S Canal. I shall place your letter before my Chairman and Committee
My Chairman and I have agreed through tolls for all Staffordshire coal to be charged - details given.
Land Cables, please inform me what you have done in this matter and send me an agreement form.
I have received cheque for £46.11.1, the Pass Book, receipt for £2.13.8, statement of account for the £2.13.8 and statement showing how £46.11.1 was arrived at.
We have decided to charge 7s for you to use your bicycle on the canal path for one year.
Unless something is paid towards the rent in the next few days, steps will be taken to recover it
My committee will pay half the cost of removing the trunks near Whitminster Weir. I enclose a cheque for £4.0.6. This includes costs for repairs to the weir.
A dividend of £5 is payable to the late Mr Uthwatt. The shares must be claimed before the dividend is paid.
Your work on the Shallow Lock has been commended by our committee. We agreed to delay further work till after the winter. Please confirm this agreement. I have sent a cheque to Mr Waddy.
You have been riding your bicycle along the company towpath. Please discontinue.
We acknowledge receipt of your request for a contribution to the Harbour Board. I enclose a cheque for £6.
Please refrain from riding on the Company’s Towpath.
We have received no reply to our letter regarding cables across the canal. We wish to settle this matter.
My committee agrees to accept your offer on the rent. Payment is 10s on first day of the month.
In reply to the letter from the Royal Insurance Co: there is no artificial light and heat on the ground floor, but there are two lights on the first floor and in the Office. The Company’s Inspector has seen these first floor lights are nailed to the beam.
I acknowledge the receipt of your letter and Agreement concerning the underground cable at Wallbridge Wharf.
Herewith is enclosed the signed Consent for laying two cables across the Canal near Saul Junction. Payment of 2s 6d per annum.
I acknowledge the receipt of the probate, share and dividend certificates for the late Mrs Uthwatt.
I have received no reply to my letter of 18th. Failure to pay the rent by Tuesday will result in action.
My Committee will not alter the tolls. Please omit our company name from the proposed Agreement and submit separate documentation.
Please find the enclosed dividend warrant for £3. Share certificates will follow next week.
This is a legal notice to leave the premises on 25 Jan 1905. You refused to accept the letter sent via John White.
Find enclosed £3.6.10 for Stroud Hospital.
We have considered this matter carefully and think our tolls are fair. We do not propose to lower them.
I enclose a share certificate made out to Mr Uthwatt. Please acknowledge.
You have been absent on two previous committee meetings. You must attend this next one.
Owing to repairs and water shortage, through traffic has not been possible, but I expect a report that repairs have been completed. The County Council transports stone by sea and then by barge on the canals. I enclose a list of quarries and suppliers. (see 136)
Enclosed with 135: List of stone suppliers
I have received an enquiry from the Surveyor of Berkshire about stone from Bristol and elsewhere. Drop him a line.
I cannot accept you as a tenant for the canal house at Dudbridge. Please surrender your three keys
Your rent question will come up at the next Committee meeting. They will take proceedings if you do not pay something. It has cost nearly £7 to clean up the house.
You promised to settle the £3 of rent. If you do not pay up we may have to take proceedings.
I enclose our order for about 700 yds of 7 inch pipe. I have written to the boat owner James Smart about transport.
Tenders are being sought for carrying 700 yds of pipe from West Bromwich to Stroud. Can you do the carrying?
Tenders are being sought for carrying 700 yds of pipe. Will you tender? James Smart will quote for the carrying.
I enclose a draft Tenancy Agreement. Please return this as soon as possible for preparation by our solicitors. Stamp duty will be 21s. The painters and paper hangers will start as soon as suitable.
Saul Parish council intend to flood their ditch by opening our valve at Saul culvert. They must not do this. Please stop them. Talk to the parish clerk, and send me his address.
You must pay some of your rent as you promised. We will not take much more. Action will be taken.
You must be out of the house on Saturday next.
Please arrange between the Telephone Engineers and yourselves to restore the damaged road at Wallbridge Wharf
Please arrange between yourselves and Stroud Gas Co to restore the damaged road at Wallbridge Wharf.
Tolls and charges received for year ended Sept 1904 was £456(?)
Please meet the Chairman and Sir William Marling regarding the bye laws relating to bicycles on the canal towpath.
We have made repeated requests for the payment of rent for the sewer pipe at Dudbridge. Please pay.
Your daughter took the key of the Wharf House yesterday. Your tenancy will start from that date.
Proposed draught of new bye-laws enclosed. Please pass on to Mr Little and then to Mr Ball.
Proposed draught of new bye-laws enclosed. Please pass on to F A Little and E P Little and Mr Davies.
I cannot give the rates for carriage. We do not transport. Try the Severn & Canal Carrying Co or J Smart, Chalford
Please check the two weigh machines: one at Dudbridge wharf, one at Wallbridge wharf.
Mr Turier of Cheltenham has been recommended as a repairer of Weigh machines. Please report back on his work.
I cannot make our meeting on Wednesday. Can we rearrange it for Friday 31st.You can talk to our chairman.
You allowed Mr Taylor to keep two horses and a van on the wharf. He is keeping all his stock there. Please remove it.
I enclose a copy of the draft bye laws for two canal companies.
I enclose a cheque for £3.17.8 Please credit it to us. I also enclose the pass book.
I have left 1s 11d at the wharf at Wallbridge to be collected by you.
I understand that your men have opened a drain on our wharf at Ryeford. What is this? If a drain from the shop, I shall have to charge you.
I cannot understand how your fitter can report faults with our weighing machines that were looked at only a few years ago.
Your fitter did not express any concern to me when he left them 'in good order'.
Your letter is rather impertinent. No one gave you permission to open the drain.
Committee have agreed to have our machines tested by you
Bartlett & Co will report what needs to be done to the machine at this wharf.
Please let me know when you fitter will come to put the machine in order.
As you have not paid the rent for the house, you will be given notice to quit
Enclosing receipt for 7s 6d towards Mr Potter's rent.
The details of the gate fixings on our locks are similar to yours. The collaring of the gates works well except where the heel is snapped off.
When you present your bill for repairs to our weighing machine, please detail all particulars including railway fares.
Please supply the following items: one cottage grate etc. Send to me at Stroud Midland Station.
The Government Auditor has requested a detailed statement of charges and tolls for 1904. I will produce our books for his inspection, during office hours.
I enclose drafts of the Bye Laws demanded by the Board of Trade. I am sending them to you as Mr Hooper is away
My committee has asked me to enquire why you gave up the carrying trade and your opinion on public carriers.
Is your company a public carrier, did you discontinue as carriers, should canal companies be public carriers?
Is your company a public carrier, did you discontinue as carriers, should canal companies be public carriers?
My committee has asked me to enquire why you gave up the carrying trade and your opinion on public carriers.
I enclose herewith two half year Statements ending March 1905 in duplicate. Please return one copy to me.
My committee has asked me to enquire whether you are still a public carrier and your opinion on public carriers.
My committee has asked me to enquire if you gave up the carrying trade and your opinion on public carriers.
Please inform me about the regulations if a canal company wished to own boats and become a public carrier.
Thanking you for your letter.
Thank you for your letter.
Thank you for your letter.
Thank you for your letter.
Thank you for your letter.
I enclose a draft of the bye laws, a model draft from the Board of Trade, and details of the Worcester conference.
Please supply a few copies of the Board of Trade draft model canal bye laws.
We have already sent to you a copy of the list of our tenants for the year ended 31 March.
I cannot send you a copy of the draft model Bye Laws as they belong to Sir W Marling.
I enclose a copy of the proposed new Bye Laws from the Board of Trade Please return them with any remarks.
We have no more amendments to make to the bye laws.
I acknowledge receipt of 7s 6d for Mr Potter’s rent. The sum of £2.9.5 is still owing.
The value of our canal shares was £55 each.
I return herewith the draft model canal Bye Laws.
The swing bridge at Ebley was owned by the late Mr Gyde. The Canal Company claims no right of way.
Mr C H Hooper and Mr H H Mills will represent this Company at your meetings.
When Chandler passed through the Shallow Lock last Saturday, the G&B Canal was down about 12 inches. Your man is required to check the lock daily. The paddle was up. Saul Parish Council has no right to take water from the canal. I knew nothing of all this.
Saul Parish council have been taking water from the canal. They have paid nothing since 1902. Stop this.
If our chairman cannot attend your meetings he might ask the vice chairman to do so.
Nothing has been done to prevent the flow of gravel from your land into the canal. You undertook to raise the level of the sill. The canal is now filling up with silt. This will require dredging, which I ask you to pay for.
A gateway has been made in a newly erected iron fence along the towpath at the sewage settling tanks at Ebley. Your Council should pay the usual 2s 6d a year.
Re motor boat trials on the canal between the Double Lock and Newtown, I said the charge would be 10s per boat unless the Committee authorised a lower charge.
Acknowledging receipt of probate of Mrs Maria Whitworth Jones and her share certificates
Your letter re Eastington Bridge will be considered at the next Committee meeting. Enclosing bill for canal water used to flood Saul Ditch two to three weeks ago.
