"The men from the telephone company are here, sir, and the electricians.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
Great establishments like the Galeries Lafayette had disbanded their armies of girls and even many of the factories in the outer suburbs, like Charenton and La Villette, had suspended work, because their mechanics and electricians and male factory hands had been mobilized at the outset of the war.
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs
The important point is that, as the electricians say, "the house is wired" for the actual installation of character-novelling.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury