 The meeting secured a resolution that " Matthew Fletcher and Mr McNiven shall dispatch or procure 100 wheelbarrows and as many planks as they shall think necessary for the use and accommodation of the canal navigation " . Further meetings took place from 26 – 29 July . Matthew Fletcher was ordered to meet with land owners to discuss the purchase of any land along the route of the canal , and with this in mind , on 30 July 1791 John Seddon of Sandy Lane was ordered to survey the line of the canal beginning within the estate of John Edenson Heathcote , and ending at the southern extremity of the Reverend Dauntesey 's estate . Fletcher and Henshall were ordered to contact people and companies in the building trade to discuss construction . 
