| Historicial Development: | Robert Ruktman had a sawmill enumerated in Precinct 6 of Wood County in the Census of 1880. This facility was a steam-powered circular sawmill with two saws, generating twenty horsepower. Ten workers were employed at peak production and eight normally. For ten-hour shifts in the winter and twelve-hour in the summers, they were paid daily $1.00 for unskilled labor and $2.50 for skilled. Ruktman paid $1,200 total in wages. The sawmill, from $3,300 in supplies and sawlogs, manufactured 600,000 feet of lumber, worth $6,000. |