 The tannery employed "several hundred" at wages between 50 cents and US$1.75 a day.These employees lived in one hundred twenty company houses, which each rented for $2 a month.In 1892, Proctor had a barber shop, two blacksmiths, cigar stand, I.O.O.F hall, leather shop, news stand, a post office (established in 1885), a two-room school, two stores, and a wagon shop.