"How could he grumble about the disappearance of the tram-horses [in Amsterdam city], which were replaced by 'those ugly, soulless boxes', as he called the first electric trams."

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version in original Dutch / citaat van J.F.L. de Balbian Verster, in Nederlands: Hoe kon hij foeteren over het verdwijnen van de trampaarden, die vervangen werden door 'die lelijke, zielloze doozen', zoals hij de eerste electrische wagens noemde. — Quote by J.F.L. de Balbian Verster, c 1920; as cited in George Hendrik Breitner in Amsterdam, J. F. Heijbroek, Erik Schmitz (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek); uitgeverij THOTH, Bussum, 2014, p. 32