Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te taenga mai ki San Francisco, i mahi a Metcalfe mō tētahi pēke 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, ka kaha hoki ki nga mahi torangapu a te Manapori (tae atu ki te mahi hei karere ki te 1880 Democratic National Convention).
Ko te tikanga o te ture. 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.