sentences:  Sturgis returned to New York City in 1887 or 1888, opening a building company, Sturgis & Hill.Sturgis soon became prominent in New York City business, owning stock or being a director of the Consolidated Ice Company, the Knickerbocker Ice Company, the American Ice Company, the Wyoming Development Company, and the Cheyenne Gas and Electric Light Company.He became treasurer of the Union Stock Yards.