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The idea of a central tank with lines to each house is not in itself a novelty.

Not a year goes by but what several local companies in the U.S. and Canada, even overseas, write to Fueloil & Oil Heat to inquire if it's feasible and where it is being done.

Its editors only knew of one example to point to, a public housing development of 278 homes in New Haven described by John Schulz in the March, 1950 issue.

This has survived the years but there has been considerable concern among the tenants over the fact that the oil was not metered.

Rather the monthly total consumption was divided and charged on the basis of number of rooms and persons in the family.