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HE new Chandler automobiles for district fire chiefs in the Boston Fire Department are a special sedan model, and carry the following fire tools in the rear compartment: one Callahan door opener, one maul, one hack saw, one elevator jack, three elevator wedges, two jack-bars, three cold chisels, one crowbar, one pair of bolt and wire cutters, three hydrant wrenches, one life-line, one tow-line, six gas-masks, boxes, and canisters, six extra canisters, one pair of rubber gloves, one fire ax, two foam-type extinguishers, one blanket, one length of 34-inch hose, one chemical play pipe, one set of keyhole saws, one carbide lamp, one rip-saw, one Pyrene extinguisher, one soda-and-acid extinguisher, one soda-and-acid recharge, one 21⁄2- by 34-inch reducer, one chemical hose spanner, and one duplex folding pail. Fire Commissioner Eugene C. Hultman and Chief Daniel F. Sennott believe these tools will prove an aid in emergencies that may come up in answering telephone alarms or in cases of delay.

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HAMBER OF COMMERCE secretaries who visited Columbus for the NACOS convention a few weeks ago were thrilled with the beauty of the magnificent A. I. U. Building. They and other concerned with the safety of tall structures will be interested in recent pumper tests reported by H. J. Manning, Chief Engineer of the Ohio Inspection Bureau.

The first test consisted of a 1,000-gallon Seagrave pumper of the Columbus Fire Department (which has been in service for seven years), drafting from a city hydrant and connected through two 100-foot lines of 22-inch hose to a siamese supplying a 6-inch inside standpipe riser to the 44th floor level. A 200-foot line of 22-inch hose extended from this outlet to the balcony around the observation tower on the 46th floor