The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . D. There are few towns in Alberta that arebetter suited to the brick industry thanMedicine Hat, where Parmalls Brick Com-pany. has its home. There are ex-tensive deposits of excellent clay, anabundance of cheap power provided bvthe natural gas of the district, and a growingmarket in the immediate vicinity. On theother hand, there is a serious shortage ofskilled labour, and Messrs. Birney, the pro-prietors of the company under notice, havefrequently found themselves in difficultieson this score.
The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources . D. There are few towns in Alberta that arebetter suited to the brick industry thanMedicine Hat, where Parmalls Brick Com-pany. has its home. There are ex-tensive deposits of excellent clay, anabundance of cheap power provided bvthe natural gas of the district, and a growingmarket in the immediate vicinity. On theother hand, there is a serious shortage ofskilled labour, and Messrs. Birney, the pro-prietors of the company under notice, havefrequently found themselves in difficultieson this score. Parmalls Brick Company, Ltd., whichhas a capital of $50,000, was acquired byits present owners, Messrs. E. R. Birneyand L. Y. Birney, from its founder, , and is engaged in the manufactureof faced and plain bricks. At present theoutput reaches 70,000 a day, but improve-ments in the plant are already beingeffected, and this figure will ultimately beincreased to 170,000. The raw materialis situated about 1 mile east of the city. Both the proprietors are natives ofPembroke,
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