the "bailey gatzert" had a unique four note musical steam whistle which had once been installed in the fast steamer "telephone". in march 1895 the steamer was having some difficulty with the whistle, so much so that it was said to have sounded "like the bellowing of a cow just recovering from a severe attack of the grippe." by march 28, however, the whistle had been restored to its traditional sound. reportedly, attempts to build another steam whistle on the "telephone", with the same sound, all failed.