Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana taenga ki San Francisco, i mahi a Metcalfe mo tetahi peeke i a ia e whakaoti ana i ana akoranga ture. I te tau 1874 i whakaaetia ia ki te kaitiaki me te mahi me te kamupene o Bartlett &amp; Pratt (i muri mai ko Pratt &amp; Metcalfe). I roto i te tekau tau i muri mai, ka noho ia hei roia rongonui i te taone nui, a, ka noho kaha ia ki nga mahi torangapu a te Manapori (tae atu ki te mahi hei karere ki te Whare Kaunihera o Washington).
1880 Democratic National Convention) i whakahaeretia. I te marama o Hanuere 1883 ka toro atu ia ki Seattle, Washington ka whakatau ki te neke ki reira, ka tae mai i muri mai i taua tau. I haere tonu ia ki te koa ki te mahi angitu hei roia whakawakanga, a, i muri i etahi tau, ka honoa ki a Junius Rochester.