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<br /> <br />(;;677 <br /> <br />1c <br /> <br />Association. Prior to this all work we,:;; done by volunteers who <br /> <br />gave freely of their time and money was raised through contri- <br /> <br />butions. <br /> <br />In speaking of people who gave freely of their time <br /> <br />ana monsy <br /> <br />Da.'1lian DUcy of ' Pueblo should be recop;nizec',. L:r. <br /> <br />Ducy furnished office space and office equipment for Hr. Ernst <br /> <br />at his Steel City Agencies office on Hain street in Pueblo. <br /> <br />On top of this financial outlay, Nr. Ducy was also a very im- <br /> <br />port ant figure in the entire program to achieve supplemental <br /> <br />water. <br /> <br />June 23, 19L17 marked the dedication of the Die; Thomp- <br /> <br />son Project and in attendence at this ceremon;)' ,{ere officials <br /> <br />of the Water Development Association, and Clifford stone dir'- <br /> <br />ector of the Colorado ~'later conservation Boa,rd. At thi.s time <br /> <br />their people were able to arrange a meeting with :richael strauss, <br /> <br />Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation ana Avery Batson, Re- <br /> <br />gional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation. At this meeting <br />35 <br />it was decided that the overall cost of the Gunnison-Arkansas, <br />36 <br />and the amount of water to be diverted one million acre feet <br /> <br />was too large an undertaking to accomplish because of the dif- <br /> <br />ferences between the Eastern and Western Slopes, and the Upper <br />37 <br />Basin states. The main concern by tn~ Upper Dasin states and <br /> <br />35 <br />Christy, p 44. <br />36 <br />Chenoweth, p. 17. <br />37 <br />Christy, p. )+4, <br />