Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Bayan girgizar kasa, shi da matarsa Lucia sun yi aiki tare da dan kasuwa John Zeile don buɗe Shagon Kayan Gida a San Francisco. A can ne zai iya bayyana kwarewarsa a matsayin mai sana'a, mai zane da kuma zane. Mathews da Zeile sun kuma kafa Philopolis Press kuma sun buga mujallar "Philopolis" ta wata-wata, wacce ta inganta fasahar kere-kere da kere-kere a sake gina garin. Daga cikin kwamitocinsa da yawa akwai jerin bangarori goma sha biyu a cikin
Ginin Majalisar Jiha a Sacramento. Sauran manyan kwamitocin sun haɗa da zane-zane na Oakland Public Library, da Mechanics 'Institute Library, da Lane Medical Library a makarantar likita ta Jami'ar Stanford a San Francisco, da Kotun Koli na Kotun Koli ta California a San Francisco, da Kotun Palms a Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Fuskar bangon Mathews "Vision of Saint Francis", wanda aka kirkira don Bankin Tarayyar Tsaro a San Francisco, yanzu yana cikin tarin Gidan Tarihi na Crocker.