mr. kandler. according to some of the things i read it seems like they went a couple of times.nd the idea to him is we would like to bottle your drink and get it sold around the country. he was a tough nut to crack and he was skeptical about the possibility of the reality for two reasons, he was worried about the quality of the product and there were still problems with bottling and keeping things fresh in bottles. of course this was a carbonated drink and she was also worried about these two men. i believe he was in his thirties. he wasn't totally convinced that they had the ability and he didn't want a failure on the part of his company. he gave thomas exclusive rights to bottle and sell coca-cola in the u.s.. actually there was a couple of states that basically they got the entire united states had to do it. they signed a contract allegedly for a dollar, supposedly he never collected. that's the legend. and evidently they were so broke they had to borrow money just to get the train back the last time. so this was july. they had to enlist someone to get more money so they cou