Complex sentence: At the end of July 1871, steamboat business had fallen off, and the steamer Fannie Patton, which had been running from Oregon City to Salem, was taken out of service, with the Albany taking its place.
Split into simpler sentences: At the end of July 1871, steamboat business had fallen off. The sternwheeler Fannie Patton, which had been running from Oregon City to Salem, was taken out of service, with the Albany taking its place.