Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - He ingoa rongonui a Van Brunt & Howe me nga kaihoko i nga rohe maha o te whenua. Tata ki te 1885 ki te 1887, i whakatuwherahia e Van Brunt & Howe tetahi tari i Kansas City i whakahaerehia e Howe. I muri mai ka uru atu a Van Brunt ki a Howe i Kansas City. He mema a Howe o te poari o nga kaihoahoa tohutohu mo te 1893 Columbian Exposition i Chicago. I noho ia i te tūranga rite ki te 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
i St. Louis. I hoki a Van Brunt ki Massachusetts i muri i tana reti i mate ai ia i te tau 1903. I te tau 1904, i mahi tahi a Howe me nga kaimahi e rua i puta ano i te kaupapa i MIT, a Henry F. Hoit me William H. Cutler. Ko te umanga o Howe, Hoit & Cutler ka noho ko Howe & Hoit i te matenga o Cutler i te tau 1907. E rua tau i muri mai, ka hinga a Howe i te ngoikoretanga o te ngakau, a ka mate ia i te Hanuere 4, 1909 i te tau 59. Kua mate ia mai i te Pipiri o mua, a, i haere tahi me tana wahine me tana tamahine (Dorothy) ki Great Britain, Holland, Germany, me France i mua i tona matenga.