 The syndicate also built the San Fernando Line, a new long extension of the Pacific Electric railway system from Lankershim (present day North Hollywood), through Van Nuys and Marion, to its Owensmouth terminus.In 1880, he married Susanna H. Lankershim of Los Angeles, the daughter of Isaac Lankershim (1818–1882) and the sister of James Boon Lankershim (1850–1931), both of whom were his business partners.They had three children