People
AUSTIN MOUNT
Resident of Erie for 27 years, is now employed by the American Gas MeterCo., as a machinist, and by the invention of several devices that have greatly facilitated the branch of work assigned him, he has greatly increased his own earning capacity, as well as that of the corporation, which utilizes and controls all the inventive genius of its employees. Mr. Mount is a crack rifle shot and has won several medals. He is the inventor of the Mount Target Paster, and has formed a company, consisting of John S. Hicks, Clarence Johnson and Austin Mount. The company are filling many orders and are awaiting the action of the United States military authorities as to the adoption of their target paster by the government.
Source: Transcription from the book, Pennsylvania Negro Business Directory, published in 1910; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 26 January 2026.