[4] In 1890, Richardson was employed on the water route between Newport and Yaquina City, making the trip twice a day.

Richardson for ferrying and towing on Yaquina Bay, in Lincoln County, on the central Oregon coast.

[8] According to B.F. Jones, a steamboat man of Yaquina Bay and river, vessels drawing 8 to 10 feet of water were reported to have been easily able to reach Elk City.

[12] The steamer made its last quarry trip for the year on October 31, 1893, after which it was expected to have been laid up for overhaul and repairs.

Corps of Engineers to tow rock barges from the quarry to the jetties which were under construction at the mouth of Yaquina Bay.

[13] For this work, as well as incidental transportation on the bay, the owners of Richardson were paid $500 per month, earning a total of $2000 on the contract.

[13] While under the contract, Richardson handled 91 scows laden with a total of 21,887 tons of rock, for jetty construction.

[10] Later, in April 1897 the steamer was reported to be engaged in transporting building stone from the Rochester quarry to Newport, to be transshipped to San Francisco.

[15] An earlier report, from February 22, 1894, was that there was a good chance that litigation would arise over the steamer Richardson, with a silent partner in the boat demanding an accounting and a settlement.

[16] On October 4, 1895, a writ of attachment, in the amount of $319, was sworn out at the Lincoln County court against the steamer Richardson, representing attorney’s fees said to be owing by H.A.

J.K. Weatherford, of Albany, who poured in hot shot for Bryan and free silver for an hour and a half.”[21] In the fall of 1896, Richardson was employed on the lower Yaquina river transporting fish for a cannery at Newport.

[24] In the third week of October 1898, Charley Emigh, mate of the Richardson, fell on deck and landed on a piece of equipment, breaking two ribs.

[27][28] Captain Davis had built a passenger-carrying barge to be lashed on to the steamer, and with it, he said the vessel could transport 500 people at once.

Two surfmen from the U.S. Life-Saving Service station at Yaquina Bay reached the Richardson in a small boat.

[29] In 1904, Newport, Oregon was a small resort community with a year-round population of about 300 people living in the county.

[30] The rail terminus from the Willamette Valley was at Yaquina City, and with no roads to cover the six mile (10 km) distance to Newport, the only effective access was by water.

Richardson continued to be used on this route, often with a barge lashed alongside, to carry additional passengers or baggage.

[31] In late 1904, John Marshall and Charles Rivears, two Columbia River steamboat men, and their associates, acquired the steamers and the business of the Western Transportation Company, including the Richardson.

[32] On May 11, 1906, it was reported that two steamboat inspectors, Edwards and Fuller, would depart the following day from Portland for Yaquina City, to inspect the T.M.

[9] Richardson was replaced on the route by the gasoline launch Gazelle, which arrived at Yaquina Bay from Portland on Saturday, August 3, 1907.

[9] The steamer was criticized, in that year, by B.F. Jones, who held a captain’s license and was familiar with marine transportation on Yaquina Bay.