on january 28, 1891, "bailey gatzert" was taken off the seattle-tacoma run because the business on the route was insufficient to make the steamer profitable. the "gatzert" had lost about $2,000 in the time it had been operating on the run. it was hoped that the steamer could be returned to the seattle-tacoma route sometime in april. "bailey gatzert" could not be used on an overnight or other long route because it had no sleeping accommodations.