The chief competition on this route at the time, at least in the same class of vessel as Old Settler was the steam scow Capital which was driven by an old threshing machine engine.
The harbor at Olympia is deep enough now for ocean-going ships, but this is a result of dredging by the Corps of Engineers.
[3] The boat's original owners ran into financial difficulties and the vessel passed into the hands of Struve, Haines & Leary, a Seattle law firm.
Captain Randolph had a reputation for frugality, but even he could not make Old Settler into a profitable vessel.
[3] At some point prior to 1895, the boat's machinery was removed and sold to a Seattle printer.