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S. T. and Robertson Bruce are listed in the 1900 as sawmill owners. Robertson Bruce and Sidney Bruce are listed in the 1910 Census as sawmill owners, living adjacent to each other at Res’s 135 and 134, Precinct 2, respectively. On August 24, 1903, the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad contracted with Bruce Bros for the sawmill to lease one mile of rails for a tram road for three years. The rails were to be delivered to the sawmill at Pauli, near New Caney. The rails were worth $1,500. Bruce Bros. would pay a yearly rent of $150. In December 1904, Bruce Bros. sold 248,000 feet of lumber to to Henry House of Houston. The Bruce Lumber Company had a sawmill at Porters in 1905, about three miles north of Pauli. It may have been a Bruce Brothers mill or a G. H. Bruce mill.
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S. T. and Robertson Bruce are listed in the 1900 as sawmill owners. Robertson Bruce and Sidney Bruce are listed in the 1910 Census as sawmill owners, living adjacent to each other at Res’s 135 and 134, Precinct 2, respectively. On August 24, 1903, the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad contracted with Bruce Bros for the sawmill to lease one mile of rails for a tram road for three years. The rails were to be delivered to the sawmill at Pauli, near New Caney. The rails were worth $1,500. Bruce Bros. would pay a yearly rent of $150. In December 1904, Bruce Bros. sold 248,000 feet of lumber to to Henry House of Houston. The Bruce Lumber Company had a sawmill at Porters in 1905, about three miles north of Pauli. It may have been a Bruce Brothers mill or a G. H. Bruce mill.