. History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people. e the father still makes his home, but the motherpassed away in 1909. Reared in his native city, Austin Burt attended the public schools of Detroitand later was a student in the public schools of Black River Falls, Wisconsin,from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. He pursued his collegecourse at Cornell University of Ithaca, New York, where he completed a Mechani-cal Engineering course, specializing electricity, and was graduated with theclass of 1900. He then removed to Cedar Falls and secured a position in con-nection with the
. History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people. e the father still makes his home, but the motherpassed away in 1909. Reared in his native city, Austin Burt attended the public schools of Detroitand later was a student in the public schools of Black River Falls, Wisconsin,from which he was graduated with the class of 1890. He pursued his collegecourse at Cornell University of Ithaca, New York, where he completed a Mechani-cal Engineering course, specializing electricity, and was graduated with theclass of 1900. He then removed to Cedar Falls and secured a position in con-nection with the Electric Light Company, of which he was made manager in themonth of December. He remained in that position for a year and a half and thencame to his present connection with the Citizens Gas & Electric Company ofWaterloo as superintendent, later becoming manager. He is thoroughly equippedby scientific training and practical experience for the duties which devolve uponhim and his record is a thoroughly creditable one, for he has steadily advanced. AUSTIN BUET HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY 73 in his chosen field and is today a foremost figure among the electrical engineersof the state. On the 18th of January, 1898, Mr. Burt was married at Cedar Falls, Iowa, toMiss Mary Ellen Bartlett, a daughter of Professor Moses W. Bartlett, now de-ceased, formerly of the Iowa Teachers College of Cedar Falls. Mr. and have two children: Dorothy Irene, born in 1902; and Richard Bartlett,whose birth occurred in 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Burt are members of the Congregational church and are in-terested in the various plans and measures put forth for the benefit of the com-munity along material and social as well as moral lines. For seven years served on the library board and for five years has been a member of theschool board, acting in both positions at the present time. His political viewsare in accord with the principles of the republican party, while fraternally he iswell known, being
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