The evening world., 1912-03-25
SEVEN NARROWED
NARCT|C CIRCLE
OF new YORK CITY
Six Men and Woman Frozen
Up at Rufie Bar for
= Three Months.
FIRST TRIP OUT ID
Gunther, Keeper Of Inn, Tells
Of Poker Game Where
Every Man Won.
FIRST TRIP OUT ID

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For the FIRST time In three months
q communication was had to-day with the
six men and one woman who In va been
practically marooned on Rurne Bar.
RUNE mar II almost within the radius
Of the electric glow Of BrossfSvRy. Yet
~ far IL II from the Influences Of CALI
satinn TINT for months as a stretch
there II no way by wh.ch n may k-Ap
In touch with II. There IL no mall. IA
telegraph. no wireless, no ~teiephone.
There IL not even a Lighthouse to flash
evidence OF life nearby. There 1. no
water supply and no gas or electricity.
There 10 no police force or nre depart
ntsnt. To all! civilized ntents and pur-
poses Rufic Bar might be In The Arctic
sOae. but II Ii right In the heart OF
Greater Now York. and what's more.
It has to pay the full Manhattan rate
OF $500 q year license for the one
"hotel'' on the island Or bar" al
though therc are only i've oustomers.
the boss n his wife. And that's a
problem In economics which 10 hard to
figure when one considers that the
si,Uo license fee plus tho cost Of living
for mine host and his good wife must
come from i've men who are engaged In
the not very lucrative avocation Of
clam digging and oyster dredging.
"oUs" oUNrHeR COME AFTER
WINrER's nest.
Gustav Gunther. owner OF the hotel"
came In his sixteen-foot power dory
through me sWirilns tide Ind the swiftly
running Ice noes broken up by the
recent warm wcather and landed ut
Rockaway Beach to-day after an abb
scnce OF nearly three months. lie found
tyo letters waiting for him In the "a
loon Of Mike Albert. ex.poiiceman. who
stays ~ Rockawsy Beach DURING the
winter. One OF the letters was bor-
dered In black u bore y dAte ian. T.
II was addressed to his wife. and
later when the Gunthers read u to-
Estiicr they found . near relative had
died two months ago In Brooklyn. They
were asked to attend the funssal.
Before going back 70 RufYlc Bar Gun
tier laid In a store q provisiors And
as many n~~wspapers' a. could be found
! An Evening World reporter aocompun-
LED him on the ret Urn.
Some wag named RuRle BAR. In the
four naies between Rodkaway Beach
and thc drtft.strcwn, icc-coversd 0igs
Of the Bar there In no quiet water. Tho
tide makes ten miles an hour through
the epSnins. and soms special wind not
working on shore always manages to
kicx u up dangerously.
va ON, oUNTHGR PAYS PULL
CITY LlcEMsE.
The leo does running with the tide
bumped and scrapsd the little motor
boat. but there was enough free water
TO keep gotnU.
As the boat neared the shore two
dogs, barking ~joyously. ran to meat the
returning master. and accompanied him
to the little hotel which Gtunther keeps
open AL winter. although business liz
done only tour months u year.. and then
cniy with sailing parties. ~ Jaw OF
survey RuGie Bar Is In Kings County.
Licease 10 N.Ad. Across the water In
the line Of railroad In Queens County
Mike Albert pays 500. Further stiii.
u even more a~dyantagsously situated
Tor trsvea. the license 10 $50. once a
year the City OF New York takes cog
nizancs Of In. Gunthsr and collect,
taxes At the rexuinr rate. For this ,hs
city returns him the canopied glare
seer liz the distance 1t night. Even tns
Government does not deliver his mail.
Outside the hotel are two cement well,
I a $780, .