The firm of Walker P. (???) [the name is illegible], according to the 1880 Census, owned a steam-powered circular sawmill, valued at $,1000, in Precinct 1. He employed four men at peak production and three men normally, paying them $1.00 daily for ten-hour shifts during the winter and twelve-hour shifts in the summer. The firm paid out a total of $200 in wages for six months of half-time mill production. The sawmill, from a value of $2,200 in supplies and sawlogs, produced 400,000 feet of lumber valued at $4,000.