 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hurumende itsva, zvisinei, yakaisa nhoroondo yezvakaitika kare uye hurongwa hwakawanda hwekufambisa muna 1787 maererano nenyika itsva kumadokero kwemakoroni ekutanga muNorthwest Ordinance; yakasimbisa kushandiswa kwakasununguka kwemvura dzayo dzemvura nemigwagwa yavo yekubatanidza, uye yakaratidza chinangwa ichi kune chero dzimwe nyika uye zviwanikwa mumatunhu emangwana. Nepo vamwe vachifunga kuti Washington akatarira sezvo makwikwi pakati penyika dzeMaryland neVirginia zvishoma nezvishoma akaita kuti Potomac Company yake isashande nokuchengeta mari yehurumende, nokuda kwokutya kuti nyika inokwikwidza ingangowana betsero huru kubva muzvikwereti zvayo, vamwe vanorangarira zviitiko izvi muchiedza chakasiyana. Mushumo wokutanga weInland Waterways Commission wakabudiswa muna 1908, unopa maonero akasarudzika ezvinoitika izvi nezvimwe zviitiko zvenhoroondo zvaiitika panguva iyoyo. Rinotaura kuti: Chinjo yokutanga yokuvandudza migwagwa yomumvura yomunyika yacho yakatanga apo, pasi pesimba raGeorge Washington, Virginia neMaryland zvakagadza makomishinari zvikurukuru kuti afunge nezvokufamba nengarava uye kuvandudzwa kwePotomac; vakasangana muna 1785 muAlexandria ndokugara paMount Vernon, uko vakaronga kuwedzera, maererano nako vakasanganazve nevamiriri veMamwe Matunhu muAnnapolis muna 1786; zvakare vachiwana basa racho richikura, imwe musangano wakarongwa muPhiladelphia muna 1787, navatumwa vanobva kuMatunhu ose. Ikoko kurukuriranokwakaguma nokugadzirwa kweBumbiro reMutemo, umo nyika gumi nenhatu dzokutanga dzakanga dzakabatana zvikurukuru pahwaro hwekutengeserana - kutengeserana kwenguva dzacho kwainyanya kuitwa nemvura. 