Show TELEGRAPHIC The Panama Canal New York 29According to officers ot the Panama Canal Company in this i city work on the canal ia going on antis factorily There are now about 6000 Men at work More than half the line is under contraband the canal Company is also at work upon other parts One of the contracts embraces about seven miles on the Atlantic Bide and another about the same on the Pacifier botbwith American companies A number of miles of side track has been built connecting con-necting with the Panama Railway leading out to places selected for deposit of rock earth etc Others are building The new harbor three miles from Aepenwall is nearly completed The dense undergrowth under-growth has been removed from sea to sea as a necessity preliminary to borings and the location of the line Houses have been built along the line for em ploye a large quantity of materials and machinery including locomotives cars lumber framed houses etc hs been sent from the United States Something is i sent by every steamer from New York to Aspiawall The health of the workmen work-men is bitter than it was a year ago The country in the interior away from the coast bas been found comparatively healthy The waters of the Chaures I fiver will be kept from flooding the canal by a dam in the neighborhood of Gamber This dam will be constructed I in one of the gorges of the mountains i Such American machinery as has been sent thus far has given great satisfaction Besides machinery many supplies have been and will be sent from this country I Already in the purchase Panama Railway Rail-way stock and for other purposes there has been nearly 25000 000 in gold paid by toe canal company to citizens of the United States Jnarles de Lei epS will be here next week Engineer have estimated estim-ated that the whole forty six miles ui canal will be finished in about seven ytsrs occurs unless something now unforeseen i |