He helped establish a firm which manufactured agricultural equipment and helped found the Bank of Toronto. He helped form the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway and, with others, won a contract to build part of the Canadian Pacific Railway line between Fort William (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) and Selkirk, Manitoba.
He assisted in establishing an enterprise that manufactured agricultural equipment and helped found the Bank of Toronto. He was involved in creating the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway and won a contract for constructing part of the Canadian Pacific Railway line between Fort William (now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario) and Selkirk, Manitoba.