Show KENNETH C KERB WINS PROMOTION Becomes Commercial Agent of the Salt Lake Route GOES TO RIVERSIDE CAL POPULAR RAILROAD OFFICIAL A FORMER NEWSPAPER MAN Special to The Herald Los Angeles May S Salt Lake visitors here have been pleased and surprised to learn unofficially that Kenneth Kerr now no connected with the passenger department of the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake road In Salt Lake 15 I to be made commercial agent of the road at Riverside River Riverside side to succeed J T L Moore It is un nfl understood understood Moore has h resigned to enter the ministry but that Is only a rumor Kenneth C Kerr one of the best known railroad men In the city formerly a news newspaper newspaper paper man and now traveling passenger agent of ot the San Pedro railroad has been promoted to be commercial agent of the road with headquarters at River Riverside Riverside Riverside side succeeding J T L Moore resigned Mr Kerr will leave for tor his new berth late In the month and will wUl be followed by Mrs Kerr and the family later gI 4 W a i 4 a aI aI I I I KENNETH C KERR Appointed Commercial Agent of Salt SaltI I Lake Route With Headquarters at Riverside Cal CalVery CalVery Very Yeo few men here have as wide ide an acquaintance as Mr Ir Kerr He Ho came to Salt Lake in 1887 spent some time with his brother Hal Ha Kerr on the Sanpete Valley road went to California and re returned returned returned turned here In 1890 to take a position on the old Times Later he went to the Tribune and amI served nerved on Its It staff taU con continuously continuously continuously for eleven years ears While in newspaper work he covered the railroad news of this region gion and made a host of friends by the completeness and ac accuracy accuracy curacy of ot his reports When 1 n the San Pedro organized its pas passenger passenger passenger force fore here he was made travel traveling ing lag passenger agent his territory reach reaching ing lag as far north as Butte and as far east as Denver Denyer and he made a decided success suc ss of his work Incidentally he had charge of most of the special trains and important excursions over the line from this end and has contributed materially to the popularity of or the road with the th traveling public The new position is a substantial recognition recognition of ot merit It includes Jurisdiction over oer freight and passenger business In Inthe inthe inthe the territory from Pico a suburb of ot otI Los Lo Angeles to Daggett the connection with tho the Santa Fe in California In this I territory are Riverside Badlands Redlands San Bernardino and the numerous Important towns In the valley alle between San Ber for Bernardino I nardino and Los Angeles p |