The steam engines Randolph installed were described as "non-descript and mismatching" and the upper works were said to have been tall and barn-like.
1850) until 1876 or later, and was the first steamer to be successful on that route, which included service to farmlands on the Black River.
George A. Cushman (d.1891), who built the steamer Lillie, also for the White River route, was in command of Comet for a long time.
[2] (The current course of the White River deviates from its original as a result of flood control projects).
[4] Capt J. C. Brittain (d.1891), who at one point controlled one of the largest merchant fleets on Puget Sound, came to own Comet at some point and used the vessel in connection with the steamers Despatch and Teaser to carry the mail, for which he had a contract, to Snohomish, La Conner, Whidbey Island, Fidalgo, Bellingham Bay, Semiahmoo Bay, and Lopez, Orcas and San Juan islands.