In 1931, Henry E. Snetter of Eloise Farm, New York, Clay Ashland, received permission from the legislature to run a ferry across the Saint Paul River at the points known as Gripper Creek and Peter Creek below the settlement of Millsburg and directly opposite said points below the settlement of White Plains. His charter was for ten years with a maximum charge of six cents during the dry season and 12 cents during the rainy season.
In 1931, the legislature granted three residents of Millsburg and Harrisburg a right to operate a ferry across the St. Paul River between the Muhlenburg Mission Boys School and Girls School, Harrisburg for ten years with a maximum charge of six cents during the dry season, 12 cents during the rainy season and two cents per kinjah. Named as operators A. M. Harris and John Clinton and Joseph Cisco.
Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, Acts 1931, pp. 32-33; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1931, pp. 57-58.
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