. The street railway review . hs last year. The City & Suburban Railway Company of Balti-more has applied for a permit to lay a third rail betweenthe tracks and one foot below the surface for conveyingthe return cm-rent. (^)tu€tj\mWA)j\eyl^ (;•_.» A PRETTY ROMANCE. Interesting Historical Associations of the Brownell Car Compa-nys Office Building-Jefferson Davis Was Married There. Perhaps no city in America has had linked with itsearly history more sentiment and chivalry than St. Louis,and to this day many of the • old families cherish someromance of bygone days as a legacy. Associated with the
. The street railway review . hs last year. The City & Suburban Railway Company of Balti-more has applied for a permit to lay a third rail betweenthe tracks and one foot below the surface for conveyingthe return cm-rent. (^)tu€tj\mWA)j\eyl^ (;•_.» A PRETTY ROMANCE. Interesting Historical Associations of the Brownell Car Compa-nys Office Building-Jefferson Davis Was Married There. Perhaps no city in America has had linked with itsearly history more sentiment and chivalry than St. Louis,and to this day many of the • old families cherish someromance of bygone days as a legacy. Associated with the early days of St. Louis there isone name conspicuous for public enterprise, liberalityand earnest desire to build up the city and make it greatand attractive. It is that of Major William Christy, whocame to St. Louis in 1804, and in the year 1819 com-pleted and occupied as his residence the stone buildingat Second and Monroe streets, in which he used to dis-pense his hospitality in the large and warm hearted stjle. IKKSinENT BROWNELL S CIKKICE. of the ■ genuine southern gentleman, and now used bvthe Brownell Car Company as its offices. And connected with this same office building are not afew interesting facts, the principal one being that inwhich the name of Jefferson Davis is concerned. In 1792. Major Christ}, then living in Kentucky, mar-ried Martha Thompson Taylor, a relative of Taylor, who subsequently became president ofthe United States, and thus the families of Taylor andChrist} were united. While Gen. Taylor was in command of the UnitedStates military post at Prairie Du Chien, Jefferson Davis,then a lieutenant in the army, was assigned to duty there,but shortly after his arrival and before his baggage hadbeen received, he was ordered to attend court martialas one of the court. Now, it is a rule that officers sittingin court martial shall do so in full dress uniform. Daviscould not do this because his uniform was not there, andso he was forced to b
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