Show THE PASSING OF THE LA the older sene ration remembers jay gooke cooke co the famous banking ani ing firm of philadelphia and washington which floated the bond issues and raised the revenues for tho the prosecution of the war the bui building laing in washington which was occupied by this firm is now being torn born down t to make way for modern jm As the metropolitan national bank building the old structure atrue tura ture has bas beena been 1 landmark in washington many persons never knew until the do ciscon was reached to demolish it that it had any particular historic assoian ions it was there however that the tha heads of the government often met with jay cooko cooke and discussed the nieth myth which could be pursued for raisins raising money tit times finies when the government was hard pressed the firm which ren dered such signal service to the nation failed in 1873 suring the disastrous fi panic and the first national bank moved into its quarters rhe hie first national was succeeded by tile ci national and in 1001 this bank was consolidated with the metropolitan national bank after which a handsome new banking build building aig and oell e structure ure was erected on a alto aito adjoining tho the old building which waa then sold to the owners of the riggs house tho the latter a building also many historic asso citations ciati ons this too will bo be raised next year when the existing lease on it expires all and on the sites of the two build ings a big modern office building and theater will be erected the theater will become the home for vaudeville having been leased to P B chase whose playhouse is on ground which the tha government ernin crit has hazed ed for official structures |