on january 19, 1891, "bailey gatzert" took an excursion of nearly 300 people to olympia, washington, making what was reported to have been the shortest running time then on record between the two cities, about three hours and 25 minutes. the steamer left seattle at 9:12 a.m., and ran south along the west side of vashon island, through colvos passage, then known as the "west passage". during this trip, the vessel stopped for about 15 minutes off milton point to repair the steam steering mechanism.