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| Keywords: hotels neebing hotel neebinghotel oliver, davidson & co. oliverdavidsonco adam oliver adamoliver joseph davidson josephdavidson railway liberals westfort fort william fortwilliam thunder bay thunderbay ontario canada history blackandwhite monochrome building architecture outdoor black and white Date: c. 1875 Description: Oliver, Davidson & Co., headed by good Liberal party members Adam Oliver and Joseph Davidson, built the Neebing Hotel in the 1870s and promptly sold it to the federal government’s new railway for about $8,500. The railway planned to use it for offices though the building turned out to be so poorly built that it was never fully occupied. Port Arthur citizens, jealous that the Liberal Government in Ottawa gave the railway terminus to Fort William and not to them, cried foul, claiming that this sale was an example of corruption and patronage at the highest level. The allegations created quite a storm of controversy in the House of Commons and (even though the accused were vindicated in the end) contributed to the ultimate fall of Alexander Mackenzie’s Liberal government. The hotel was destroyed by fire c. 1895. Accession No.: 972.2.197 Date: c. 1875 Description: Oliver, Davidson & Co., headed by good Liberal party members Adam Oliver and Joseph Davidson, built the Neebing Hotel in the 1870s and promptly sold it to the federal government’s new railway for about $8,500. The railway planned to use it for offices though the building turned out to be so poorly built that it was never fully occupied. Port Arthur citizens, jealous that the Liberal Government in Ottawa gave the railway terminus to Fort William and not to them, cried foul, claiming that this sale was an example of corruption and patronage at the highest level. The allegations created quite a storm of controversy in the House of Commons and (even though the accused were vindicated in the end) contributed to the ultimate fall of Alexander Mackenzie’s Liberal government. The hotel was destroyed by fire c. 1895. Accession No.: 972.2.197 | ||||
