 Already in 1884 he was recorded as engaged in development of local network in the province of Salamanca, though no details are available.In the late 1880s he contributed to buildup of railway infrastructure in the Argentinean province of Corrientes, vaguely noted as engrossed with “varios ferrocarriles”.In the early 1890s he was among promoters of a narrow-gauge railway line supposed to plug Vich into the already existent network; the track was to cross the Guilleries massif and join the Girona – Olot line in Pasteral d’Amer.