They left the car and passed through the gates of the dock, along roadways almost incredibly muddy, to where transports worked in the cautious twilight of blue electrics and picket-boats moved up and down gently where they were made fast to the steps, their red and green side-lights giving the quiet stealthy hustle of the quays an air of brisk alertness.
"Command"
William McFee
They were sitting at Mrs. Vostrand's window looking out on the avenue, where the pale globular electrics were swimming like jelly-fish in the clear evening air, and above the ranks of low trees the houses on the other side were close-shuttered from basement to attic.
"The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
The steady beat and kick has become a thunderous uproar; by the yellow light of the electrics you can see the engines-my engines for the next four hours.
"An Ocean Tramp"
William McFee