 At the same time he took part in editing several mechanical publications.In 1851 he was in charge of the cotton mills and machine shops of the Matteawan Company at Fishkill, New York, but returning to New York in the following year, he was again engaged as an architect, designing and constructing among other buildings, the bindery of the Appleton Publishing Company on Franklin Street and Appleton's facility in Williamsburg.Later he was Engineer of the New York and New Haven Railroad and Vice President of that road until 1854 under Robert L. Schuyler.