Kammala wannan jumla: Duk da cewa jama'a sun yaba masa sosai saboda yadda yake kula da aikin gwamnati a lokacin mulkin mallaka
Bayan bala'in 1906, Pardee ya ci gaba da samun dangantaka mai tsanani tare da Southern Pacific Railroad, wanda ya ci gaba tun daga shekarun 1890 yayin da yake magajin garin Oakland. Matsayin Pardee a cikin ci gaban ci gaba wanda ya nuna rashin amincewa da manyan kamfanonin kamfanoni, da kuma kokarinsa na kiyayewa da kare gandun daji na jihar, ya kasance ƙaya ce ga shugabannin Kudancin Pacific. Yaƙin gwagwarmaya mai tsawo a kan Port of Oakland, wanda Pardee yayi jayayya a madadin Oakland cewa tashar jiragen ruwa ta kasance birni ne maimakon kamfani mai zaman kansa, ya janye yawancin gwamnatinsa. Kotun Koli ta California ta yanke hukunci a kan lamarin a 1906, tana yanke hukunci a cikin Oakland. Pardee kuma ya karfafa halittar sabbin kamfanonin jirgin kasa don karya ikon mallakar Kudancin Pacific.