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The progressive spirit of
the west finds exemplification in the career of William C. MacKay, to
whom the recognition of opportunity has ever been equivalent to the
accomplishment of a task, and his name now figures prominently in
business circles of Edmonton in connection with the coal industry. He
was born and reared in Prince Edward Island, there attending the public
schools and also completing a course in a business college. His first
position was that of clerk in a mercantile establishment of
Charlottetown, and in 1907 he came to the west, selecting Edmonton as
his place of residence. He secured employment in a coal office and
subsequently became manager for the Standard Coal Company, filling that
office for several years. Ambitious to have a business of his own, he
organized the MacKay Coal Company, Ltd., in 1915, and his success in
that venture led him to expand the scope of his activities. In 1917 he
formed the Fraser-MacKay Collieries, Ltd., which took over a group of
mines, and their output now amounts to five hundred tons of coal per
day. Each enterprise has enjoyed a continuous and healthful growth since
its inception and the business has become one of large and profitable
proportions. Broad experience and careful study have given Mr. MacKay a
comprehensive knowledge of the coal industry and his business methods
have commended him to the confidence and support of the Public.
Mr. MacKay was united in
marriage to Miss Blanche Down and they have become the parents of two
children: Gordon and Eleanor. He serves as president and manager of the
organizations with which he is connected and two of the leading coal
firms in the city stand as monuments to his initiative spirit and his
powers of organization and administration. He has constructed his own
success and in winning prosperity has also gained the esteem and
goodwill of all with whom he has been associated. |
