on 17 april 1883 he founded tornquist, the main city of tornquist partido, in the south of buenos aires province. from the beginning the town was organized as an agricultural colony for german and volga german immigrants. after the economic crisis of 1890 he took charge of organizing the recovery of the company "sansinena" and its cold-storage plant "la negra" in riachuelo and set up the plant "cuartreros" in bahía blanca.