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Show Faust's Hall. Tho following con- corning tho safety of Faust's Hall was : handed in yesterday; j Salt Lake, Oct. 10th, IbTl. Editors Herald. j I noticed in your morning's issue several paragraphs concerning the I f-afely of Faust's Hall, which state-i state-i mcnts are incorrect. In tho forenoon j of tho Sth tho hall was so full as to admit of no more, and tho place stood. The rexson that we did not admit all the people in the afternoon was that the hall would not hold them all, and not as stated in your paper, Jbr fear of tho hall. I state this in justice lo : Mr. Faust, whose property is being injured and not the court. H. It, Firman, Deputy U. S. Marshal. There are one or two points in the above from which wo dissent, with all due respect to deputy marshal Firman. We think it was the morningof the 9th and not the Sth, when the hall was so crowded, and it was not then "so full as to admit no more," there being a vacant space between tho platform at the south end of the hall and the bulk of the assembly towards tho bench at the cast end. Next, the "incorrect statements" were comprised in the official report of tho city inspector of buildings, who was rcrpjcstcd to make an examination of the place through this paper, at the suggestions of a number of respectable citizens made to us on Saturday last. Again, wc have no desire to injure Mr. Faust's property, lor he is a gentleman for whom we have a very high degree of esteem; but wc cannot bo derelict of duty lo the public because be-cause of any private feelings of respect wo may entertain. And, lastly, wc couldn't think of attempting at-tempting to injure the Court; nor havo we tho presumption to imagine that humble individuals like ourselves could in any manner injuro so elevated and august a body as tho honorable court and its honorable officials! |