Although immeiately before the resignation he ordered Brill Passenger Car for Kyushu Railway Brill from J. G. Brill and Company in the United States, however it had never used satisfactorily since it had arrived in Japan after Kyushu Railway was nationalized by Railway Nationalization Act.
末期には、九州鉄道ブリル客車をアメリカのブリル社に発注したりもしているが、日本に到着したのは同社の鉄道国有法後で、満足に活用されることはなかった。