Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Van Brunt & Howe yana da suna na kasa tare da abokan ciniki a yankuna da dama na kasar. Kusan 1885 zuwa 1887, Van Brunt & Howe sun buɗe ofishi a Kansas City wanda Howe ke sarrafawa da farko. Daga baya Van Brunt ya shiga Howe a Kansas City. Howe ya kasance memba na kwamitin masu ba da shawara ga gine-gine don 1893 Columbian Exposition a Chicago. Ya rike irin wannan matsayi tare da 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
a cikin St. Louis. Van Brunt ya koma Massachusetts bayan ya yi ritaya inda ya mutu a 1903. A cikin 1904, Howe ya haɗu da ma'aikata biyu waɗanda suma sun kammala karatun shirin a MIT, Henry F. Hoit da William H. Cutler. Kamfanin Howe, Hoit & Cutler ya zama Howe & Hoit bayan mutuwar Cutler a 1907. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Howe ya kamu da ciwon zuciya kuma ya mutu a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1909 yana da shekara 59. Ya yi rashin lafiya tun watan Yuni da ya gabata kuma ya yi tafiya tare da matarsa da 'yarsa (Dorothy) zuwa Burtaniya, Holland, Jamus, da Faransa kafin mutuwarsa.